Psychophysiological effects of human-animal interaction theoretical issues and long-term interaction effects

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 52-57

  Virués Ortega, Javier ^a,b   Buela Casal, Gualberto ^b  

^a CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Cardiovascular reactivity; Classical conditioning; Human animal interaction; Social support; Stress buffering hypothesis

Indexed keywords

LISINOPRIL;

ADOPTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONDITIONING; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEISURE; MEDLINE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, DOMESTIC; BLOOD PRESSURE; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; CONDITIONING, CLASSICAL; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RELAXATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC, ACUTE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33644602769     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000195354.03653.63     Document Type: Review

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