Blood phobia and spider phobia: Two specific phobias with different autonomic cardiac modulations

Biological Psychology

Volumn 60, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 91-108

  Sarlo, Michela ^a,b   Palomba, Daniela ^a   Angrilli, Alessandro ^a   Stegagno, Luciano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Dipartimento di Psicologia Dello Sviluppo e della Socializzazione   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood phobia; Film stimuli; Heart rate; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; T wave amplitude

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD; BREATHING; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NONHUMAN; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SPIDER; T WAVE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; PHOBIC DISORDERS; SPIDERS; VAGUS NERVE;

EID: 0036752366     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(02)00030-3     Document Type: Article

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