Böcker av Mitra Shambhovi S

The Neurovisceral Integration theory conceptualizes the nervous system's role inunderstanding health and well-being. The theory describes a set of neural structures,including the central and the autonomic nervous system involved in generating goalorientedresponses (Thayer & Lane, 2000, 2009). These goal-oriented responsesregulate the affect and cognitive processes (Thayer & Lane, 2009) influencing mentalhealth. The thesis explores the nervous system's role in depression in spinal cord injury.The Neurovisceral Integration theory postulates that the central and autonomicnervous system(CNS-ANS) interact in affect and cognitive processes. This CNS-ANSinteraction inhibits ongoing behavior, providing regulation and flexibility for goalorientedbehavior(Thayer & Lane, 2000, 2009). Affect is a psychophysiologicalconstruct and studied using the dimension of valence and arousal.(Appelhans &Luecken, 2006a; Kuppens et al., 2013; Thayer & Lane, 2000). Valence denotes theindividual's understanding of the pleasantness and unpleasantness of a stimulus,whereas arousal denotes the activation of the autonomic nervous system in response tothe stimuli. (Hagemann et al., 2003a; Thayer, Hansen, Saus-Rose, et al., 2009; Thayer& Lane, 2000, 2009; Thayer & Siegle, 2002). Cognition refers to the mental processessuch as thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making that benefit from inhibitorycontrol. The inhibitory control is required for an individual to shift attention fromexisting behavior to goal-oriented behavior (Thayer & Lane, 2009).