Cardiovascular and cortisol reactivity and habituation to a virtual reality version of the Trier Social Stress Test: A pilot study

Psychoneuroendocrinology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1397-1403

  Jönsson, Peter ^a   Wallergård, Mattias ^a   Österberg, Kai ^a   Hansen, Åse Marie ^b   Johansson, Gerd ^a   Karlson, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE FOR THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Habituation; HPA axis; Psychosocial stress; SAM system; TSST; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HABITUATION; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVA LEVEL; SOCIAL STRESS; SYMPATHETIC TONE; T WAVE; VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; FEMALE; HABITUATION, PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956618793     PISSN: 03064530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psyneuen.2010.04.003     Document Type: Article

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