Does vivid emotional imagery depend on body signals?

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-50

  Vianna, Eduardo Paulo Morawski ^a   Naqvi, Nasir ^b   Bechara, Antoine ^c,d   Tranel, Daniel ^d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR NEUROLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Body; EGG; Emotion; Gastrointestinal; Gut; Imagery; Skin conductance; Vividness

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; MALE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 61849182079     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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