Body signals, cardiac awareness, and the perception of time

Biological Psychology

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 289-297

  Meissner, Karin ^a,b   Wittmann, Marc ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Institute for Frontier Areas of Psychology and Mental Health   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Heartbeat perception; Interoception; Psychophysiology; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AWARENESS; BREATHING PATTERN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART BEAT; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULA; INTEROCEPTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AWARENESS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; RESPIRATION; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952311007     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2011.01.001     Document Type: Article

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