The dynamics of cardiac defense: From attention to action

Psychophysiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 879-887

  Ramírez, Isabel ^a,d   Guerra, Pedro ^b   Muñoz, Miguel Ángel ^c   Perakakis, Pandelis ^b   Anllo Vento, Lourdes ^b   Vila, Jaime ^b  

^a Department of Personality   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^d Open University   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aversive motivation; Cardiac defense; Habituation; Visual attention

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955164294     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01008.x     Document Type: Article

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