Study of the Effects of Negative Emotions on Endothelial Function

The participant is asked to recall an incident in the recent past during which they became moderately to extremely angry, or is asked to read statements out loud evoking moderate to extreme feelings of anger. The participant is asked to take a few moments to bring the details of the incident to mind and, when ready, to describe the incident in great detail to the experimenter. Participants are asked to describe key elements, such as any dialogue that transpired during the incident, along with other details of the incident, particularly regarding the feelings of that particular emotion experienced at the time. In so doing, the experimenter works to re-elicit the emotions that accompanied the original incident. The duration of the negative emotion induction task is 8 minutes.

The participant will be asked to undergo a validated depression/sadness induction task.

The participant will be asked to undergo a validated anxiety induction task.

This is a neutral control task that each of the negation emotion induction tasks will be compared to.