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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

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