Photoshop and Lightroom Images are Different - Much lower contrast

When I export an image from either LR 3 or 4, or from Capture One, into Photoshop the images are very different.  Compared to the original image in LR/C1 the image in Photoshop has dramatically brighter shadows, and less contrast in general.
Interstingly, if I make no adjustments in PS at all, and just save the file back to LR, the file looks like the original/correct image.
It almost appears as if some sort of curves preset or other type of automated correction is being applied in PS.
I don't think this is a color management issue - the monitor is calibrated with a ColorMunki, and the colorspaces in all programs are ProPhoto RGB. 
This is happening in CS5 and 6, so it is likely some sort of setting that I inadvertantly created.
I uninstalled CS5 completely, and re-installed CS6, and also did the Command/Option/Shift setting reset, but the issue remains.
Any help is greatly appreciated!

Here is the Color Settings:
Here is an image in LR
and the same image in PS6 - look at the shadows on the left behind the rope

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