Research Interests
I am interested in the psychophysiology of the gastrointestinal (GI)
system in both normal subjects and in patients suffering from gastrointestinal
and eating disorders. During the past 30 years I have developed a non-invasive
technique for measuring gastric myoelectric activity, the electrogastrogram
or EGG, which enables me to study stomach activity during eating and during
various stress situations. Most of my research during the past 10 years
has been aimed at determining the physiological bases for motion sickness,
and more generally nausea. I am also studying the nausea that is frequently
provoked by chemotherapy.
Recent Publications
Stern, R. M., Ray, W. J., & Quigley, K S. (2001). Psychophysiological recording, 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
Koch, K.L. & Stern, R.M. (2004). Handbook of Electrogastrography. New York: Oxford University Press.
Levine, M.E. & Stern, R.M. (2002). Spatial task performance, sex differences, and motion sickness susceptibility. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 95, 425-431.
Stern, R.M. (2002). The psychophysiology of nausea. Acta Biologica Hungarica, 53, 389-399.
Gianaros, P.J., Quigley, K.S., Muth, E.R., Levine, M.E., Vasko, R.C., & Stern, R.M. (2003). Relationship between temporal changes in cardiac parasympathetic activity and motion sickness severity. Psychophysiology, 40, 1-6.
Stern, R. M. (2003). Basic and applied nausea research using an optokinetic drum. In J.T. Andre, D.A. Owens, and L.O. Harvey (Eds.), Perception: The influence of H. W. Leibowitz. Washington: American Psychological Association.
Gianaros, P.J., Stern, R.M., Morrow, G.R., & Hickok, J.T. (2001). Relationship of gastric myoelectrical and cardiac parasympathetic activity to chemotherapy-induced nausea. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 50, 263-266.
Morrow, G.R., Hickok, J.T., Andrews, P.L.R., Stern, R.M., (2002). Reduction in serum cortisol after platinum based chemotherapy for cancer. Psychophysiology, 39, 491-495.
Stern, R.M. & Kircher, J.C. (2002). The effects of augmented physiological feedback on detection of deception. Electronic publication DoDPI 02-R-0009, Fort Jackson, SC: Department of Defense Polygraph Institute.
Harm, D.L., Sandoz, G.R., & Stern, R.M. (2002). Changes in gastric myoelectric activity during space flight. Digestive Diseases and Sciences, 47, 1737-1745.
