Psychological and physiological responses accompanying positive emotions elicited on seeing favorite persons

Journal of Positive Psychology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 192-201

  Matsunaga, Masahiro ^a,b   Yamauchi, Taeko ^b   Nogimori, Tsuyoshi ^c   Konagaya, Toshihiro ^b   Ohira, Hideki ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c JA Aichi Koseiren Showa Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Natural killer cells; Positive emotion; Psychoneuroimmunology; Skin conductance level

Indexed keywords

EID: 47149107085     PISSN: 17439760     EISSN: 17439779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17439760801999560     Document Type: Article

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