Cognitive reappraisal increases heart rate variability in response to an anger provocation

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-22

  Denson, Thomas F ^a   Grisham, Jessica R ^a   Moulds, Michelle L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anger; Emotion regulation; Heart rate variability; Reappraisal; Suppression

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952107999     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-011-9201-5     Document Type: Article

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