Heart rate response is longer after negative emotions than after positive emotions

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 181-187

  Brosschot, Jos F ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory; Emotional arousal; Emotional valence; Heart rate reactivity; Heart rate recovery; Prolonged activation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION;

EID: 0142227056     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(03)00146-6     Document Type: Article

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