Cardiovascular patterns associated with appetitive and defensive activation during affective picture viewing

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 540-549

  Gomez, Patrick ^a   Danuser, Brigitta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Affective pictures; Arousal; Blood pressure; Cardiovascular reactivity; Emotion; Heart rate; Sex differences; Stroke volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950647150     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00953.x     Document Type: Article

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