Fear induced complexity loss in the electrocardiogram of flight phobics: A multiscale entropy analysis

Biological Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 272-279

  Bornas, Xavier ^a   Llabrés, Jordi ^a   Noguera, Miquel ^b   López, Ana Ma ^c   Gelabert, Joan Miquel ^a   Vila, Irene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complexity; Flight phobia; Heart rate variability; Multiscale entropy analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREATHING EXERCISE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENTROPY; FEAR; FEMALE; FLIGHT; FLYING PHOBIA; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOBIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; STIMULUS; STIMULUS RESPONSE;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; AROUSAL; CARDIAC OUTPUT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DESENSITIZATION, PSYCHOLOGIC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; ENTROPY; FEAR; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHOBIC DISORDERS; REFERENCE VALUES; RESPIRATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33845996582     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.05.004     Document Type: Article

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