Guilt and pride are heartfelt, but not equally so

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 888-899

  Fourie, Melike M ^a   Rauch, Henri G L ^a   Morgan, Barak E ^b   Ellis, George F R ^a   Jordaan, Esmè R ^c   Thomas, Kevin G F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behavioral inhibition; Heart rate variability; Moral emotions; Motivation; Sympathetic arousal

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957876696     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01157.x     Document Type: Article

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