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Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

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

Academic 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 the present, Professor Tecce has been full-time faculty 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.

Typically offered courses

PSYC1011 Psychobiology of Mental Disorders PSYC3329 Psychophysiology of Stress PSYC4437 Stress and Behavior

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.