Appraisal-driven somatovisceral response patterning: Effects of intrinsic pleasantness and goal conduciveness

Biological Psychology

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 158-164

  Aue, Tatjana ^a   Scherer, Klaus R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adaptive physiological response preparation; Appraisal; Emotion; Facial EMG; Goal conduciveness; Heart rate; Intrinsic pleasantness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARM MOVEMENT; ARTICLE; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; SCHERER COMPONENT PROCESS MODEL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DRIVE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; GOALS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50849140464     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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