Horizontal rhythmical eye movements consistently diminish the arousal provoked by auditory stimuli

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 289-302

  Barrowcliff, Alastair L ^a   Gray, Nicola S ^a,b   MacCulloch, Sophie ^a   Freeman, Tom C A ^a   MacCulloch, Malcolm J ^b,c  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b South Wales Forensic Psychiat Serv ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESENSITIZATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORIENTING REFLEX; PERIODICITY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; STIMULUS; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION;

EID: 0142031160     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/01446650360703393     Document Type: Article

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