Cardiac vagal control predicts spontaneous regulation of negative emotional expression and subsequent cognitive performance

Biological Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-195

  Pu, Jie ^a   Schmeichel, Brandon J ^b   Demaree, Heath A ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal control; Cognition; Emotion regulation; Expression suppression; RSA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VAGUS TONE; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 69249230808     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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