Age effects to negative arousal differ for self-report and electrodermal activity

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 148-151

  Gavazzeni, Joachim ^a,b   Wiens, Stefan ^b   Fischer, Håkan ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aging; Arousal; EDA; Emotions; Self reports

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANALYTIC METHOD; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; AROUSAL; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 36849054492     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2007.00596.x     Document Type: Article

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