The verbal information pathway to fear and heart rate changes in children

Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry and Allied Disciplines

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1088-1093

  Field, Andy P ^a   Schorah, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Conditioning; Fears; Information processing

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREAT;

ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHILD; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOUCH;

EID: 36048929873     PISSN: 00219630     EISSN: 14697610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01772.x     Document Type: Article

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