Affiliated and Emeritus Faculty

Joseph Tecce

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Joseph Tecce

Ph.D.

Contact

Email: joseph.tecce@bc.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Courses

PSYC1011 Psychobiology of Mental Disorders

PSYC3329 Psychophysiology of Stress

PSYC4437 Stress and Behavior

Research Interests

Psychophysiology of health, including body languages as indicators of emotions and stress and cognitive-behavioral methods to control stress.

Curriculum Vitae

Department

Psychology

Profile

From 1971 to 1980, Professor Tecce taught courses in physiological psychology and statistics at the University while a professor in neurology and psychiatry at Tufts Medical School. From 1980 to 2020, Professor Tecce was聽 faculty member at Boston College, teaching Psychobiology of Mental Disorders, Health Psychology, and Stress and Behavior. He is also a lecturer in neuropsychology at Boston University School of Medicine.

Representative Publications

Tecce, J. J., Pok, L. J., Consiglio, M. R., & O鈥橬eil, J. L. (2005). Attention impairment in electrooculographic control of computer functions.聽International Journal of Psychophysiology, 55, 159-163.

Tecce, J. J. (1991). Dopamine and CNV: Studies of drugs, disease, and nutrition.聽Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology聽(Suppl. 42), 153-164.

Tecce, J. J., & Cole, J. O. (1974). Amphetamine effects in man: Paradoxical drowsiness and lowered electrical brain activity (CNV).聽Science, 185, 451-453.

Tecce, J. J. (1972). Contingent negative variation (CNV) and psychological processes in man.聽Psychological Bulletin, 77, 73-108.

Tecce, J. J., & Scheff, N. M. (1969). Attention reduction and suppressed direct-current potentials in the human brain.聽Science, 164, 331-333.

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