First evidence for differential and sequential efferent effects of stimulus relevance and goal conduciveness appraisal

Biological Psychology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-357

  Aue, Tatjana ^a   Flykt, Anders ^a   Scherer, Klaus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appraisal sequence; Biological threat; Component process model; Cultural threat; Emotion; Facial EMG; Goal conduciveness; Heart rate; Stimulus relevance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHEEK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; EXTRAOCULAR MUSCLE; EYE; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANIMALS; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; EFFERENT PATHWAYS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEAR; FEMALE; GOALS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SNAKES; SPIDERS; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 33846493631     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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