“…Recently, we put forward a theoretical framework in an attempt to broadly conceptualize many of the CVR findings (Lyons, Spicer, Tuffin, & Chamberlain, 2000). According to this account, the consistent elevations that are evident in cardiovascular functioning during talking (e.g., Lynch, Lynch, & Friedmann, 1992;Stein & Boucher, 1993) or any form of communication, including sign language (Malinow, Lynch, Foreman, Friedman, & Thomas, 1986) might be conceptualized as a correlate of self-construction processes. We suggested that talking engages the speaker in many ways and that this engagement might manifest itself in physiological processes, such as CVR.…”