Heart rate variability as an index of regulated emotional responding

Review of General Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 229-240

  Appelhans, Bradley M ^a,b   Luecken, Linda J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Affect; Emotion; Heart rate variability; Psychopathology; Social interaction

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749838630     PISSN: 10892680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.10.3.229     Document Type: Review

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