Conscious and unconscious perseverative cognition: Is a large part of prolonged physiological activity due to unconscious stress?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 407-416

  Brosschot, Jos F ^a   Verkuil, Bart ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^b  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health; Prolonged physiological activity; Sleep; Stress; Unconscious perseverative cognition

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AWARENESS; BRAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONSCIOUSNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LIFE EVENT; LIFE STRESS; LONELINESS; MEDITATION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PERSEVERATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RUMINATION; SLEEP; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

COGNITION; HUMANS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77956614944     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2010.02.002     Document Type: Review

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