Physiologie des émotions : l’effet des stimuli relationnels et de la qualité affective des schémas relationnels sur les réactions physiologiques associées à des émotions de valence positive et négative
The literature on the electrophysiology of emotions does not seem to find consensus on people’s responsiveness to emotion inducing stimuli.  While some studies show that people are more responsive to stimuli of positive valence, others concluded the contrary. The main objective of this paper is to verify the effects of relational variable on the physiological responses of subjects taken from the student population. That is, are the physiological reactions only influenced by the emotional valence of different emotions or are they also influenced by the relational context of the stimuli? The second objective of the research is to check if there is an interaction between the emotional quality of the relationship patterns of participants and the relational or non relational quality of the stimulus. To do this, the heart rate has been measured in 16 subjects divided into two groups, based on their results in the TAT, analyzed on the scale of the emotional tone of the SCORS. Finally, a third objective was to compare the subjective experience of participants and the physiological measurements obtained. The results show that people are more responsive to non-relational stimuli than to relational scenarios. In addition, the large effect size of the two groups (high and low emotional tone) suggests the importance of taking into account this variable in future research. Finally, other studies, particularly with larger samples, will be needed to show the importance of the quality of relationships in the emotional experience.
Manikin Electrophysiology Heart rate Emotions Emotional tone Quality of relationships Emotional valence