Differentiating challenge reactivity from psychomotor activity in studies of children's psychophysiology: Considerations for theory and measurement

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-79

  Bush, Nicole R ^a   Alkon, Abbey ^a   Obradović, Jelena ^b   Stamperdahl, Juliet ^c   Thomas Boyce, W ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system (ANS); Children; Methodology; Parasympathetic; Physiological reactivity; Psychophysiology; Stress reactivity; Sympathetic

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPEECH; TASTE;

AROUSAL; ATTENTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SERIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SPEECH; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; TASTE;

EID: 79957586262     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2011.03.004     Document Type: Article

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