Facial EMG and heart rate responses to emotion-inducing film clips in boys with disruptive behavior disorders

Psychophysiology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 996-1004

  De Wied, Minet ^a   Boxtel, Anton Van ^b   Posthumus, Jocelyne A ^c   Goudena, Paul P ^a   Matthys, Walter ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal tone; Disruptive behavior disorders; Empathy; Facial EMG; Heart rate

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BREATHING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EMOTION; EMPATHY; FACE; HAPPINESS; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REST; SELF CONTROL; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ATTENTION DEFICIT AND DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL MUSCLES; HEART RATE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 70349114263     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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