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  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’Neil, J. L. (2005). Attention impairment in electrooculographic control of computer functions. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 55, 159-163.

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

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

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

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

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