Table of Contents
Exploring Biology and Communication
Editor’s Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
A Decade of Research Exploring
Biology and Communication: The brain,
nervous, endocrine, cardiovascular,
and immune sysems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2. The Brain and Nervous System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3. The Endocrine System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4. The Cardiovascular System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5. The Immune System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6. Biological Communication Research
Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
A. The brain and nonverbal communication . . . . 13
B. The brain and verbal communication . . . . . . . 13
C. Interpersonal communication research . . . . . . 14
D. Children and families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
E. Process of human attachment . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
F. Relational uncertainty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
G. Interpersonal conflict . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
H. Alcohol use and interpersonal interactions . . 17
I. Affection exchange theory and
the bright side . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
J. Social support and co-rumination . . . . . . . . . . 18
K. Organizational communication research . . . . 19
L. Mediated research applications . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
M. Mediated message processing in the brain . . 22
N. Television research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
O. Video game research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
8. Summary and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
A. Future directions and conclusions . . . . . . . . . 25
References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Book Reviews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Recommended Citation
Boren, Justin P. and Veksler, Alice E.
(2011)
"A Decade of Research Exploring Biology and Communication,"
Communication Research Trends: Vol. 30:
Iss.
4, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarcommons.scu.edu/crt/vol30/iss4/1