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Speech Hesitation Pauses as a Measure of Neuronal Activity
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Chang et al1 find that a high level
of anger in response to stress in young men is associated with an increased
risk of subsequent premature and total cardiovascular disease, particularly
myocardial infarction. Anger responses were based on subjective assessment
by respondents and not on observation during an interview.
Therefore, future research may monitor speech hesitation pauses (SHPs)
of 1 second or more in spontaneous dialogues, reflecting neuronal activity
and firing. This precise, objective method is supported by reports that the
rate of SHPs correlated with (1) immobility in the face of stress; (2) the
state of the circulatory system (angina and/or hypertension); (3) a 6-fold
incidence of clinical coronary heart disease in 2 groups of men with normal
coronary structure observed prospectively for 10 years (P<.05); and (4) the left hemisphere subserving violence, for which
the metabolic rate is higher in men.2-3
These findings are supported by . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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