Cognitive and emotional modulation of the cardiac defense response in humans

Psychophysiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 275-282

  Pérez, María Nieves ^a   Fernández, María del Carmen ^a   Vila, Jaime ^a   Turpin, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attentional modulation; Defense responses; Heart rate responses; Startle responses; Vasomotor measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 18144392769     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1469-8986.3730275     Document Type: Article

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