The impact of emotion on respiratory-related evoked potentials

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 579-586

  Von Leupoldt, Andreas ^a,b,c   Vovk, Andrea ^a   Bradley, Margaret M ^a   Keil, Andreas ^a   Lang, Peter J ^a   Davenport, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; EEG; Emotion; Perception; Respiration; Respiratory related evoked potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950670597     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2009.00956.x     Document Type: Article

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