Going beyond previous studies on satisfaction in pursuing approach versus avoidance goals, the current study is the first to examine individual satisfaction in pursuing approach and avoidance goals as determined by regulatory fit between type of goal and type of strategy. Specifically, the present study shows that people with approach goals have greater satisfaction when they use an approach st...

objective: vitex agnus-castus (vac) and its essential oil have been traditionally used to treat many conditions and symptoms such as premenstrual problems, mastalgia, inflammation, sexual dysfunction, and pain. in this study, the effects of essential oil extracted from vitex agnus-castus (eovac) leaves were investigated in three behavioral models of nociception in adult male wistar rats. materi...

Gray's Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory (RST) asserts three core personality systems: the behavioral approach system (BAS), the fight-flight-freeze system (FFFS) and the revised behavioral inhibition system (r-BIS). Past models of frontal activity link greater relative left frontal activity with Carver and White's (1994) BAS scale and trait impulsivity and greater relative right frontal activit...

Individual differences in sensitivities of the Behavioral Inhibition System (BIS) and Behavioral Approach System (BAS) have been posited to underlie stable differences in individuals’ unique patterns of responding to cues of punishment and reward in their environment. Conceived from the outset as neurological systems, the BIS and BAS have repeatedly been linked to brain structure and function t...

In this study, we examined the viability of measuring personality using computerized lexical analysis of natural speech. Two well-validated models of personality were measured, one involving trait positive affectivity (PA) and negative affectivity (NA) dimensions and the other involving a separate behavioral inhibition motivational system (BIS) and a behavioral activation motivational system (B...

The paper deals with systematization of the behavioral disorders after partial prefrontal lesions. It is assumed that depending on the localization of lesions two disorders may be discerned: impairment of drive inhibition (meaning by this only preservative but not protective drives) land of motor-act inhibition. The first deficit leads to the disinhibition of no-go responses in Pavlovian differ...

background: hypoactive sexual desire disorder is the most common sexual disorder among women, which interferes with their various functions. activity of brain-behavioral and psychological distress systems are considered among factors affecting sexual function. objectives: the present study aimed to compare women with hypoactive sexual desire and normal women in terms of brain-behavioral and psy...

Chlorpyrifos is a common organophosphate insecticide that has been widely detected in surface waters that provide habitat for Pacific salmon in the western United States. Although chlorpyrifos is known to inhibit acetylcholinesterase (AChE) in the brain and muscle of salmonids, the relationship between sublethal AChE inhibition and more integrative indicators of neuro-behavioral impairment are ...

background: screening rates for colorectal cancer (crc) are increasing nationwide including tennessee (tn); however, their up‑to‑date status is unknown. the objective of this study is to determine the trends and characteristics of tn adults who are up‑to‑date status with crc screening during 2002‑2008. methods: we examined data from the tn behavioral risk factor surveillance system for 2002, 20...