Negation as a means for emotion regulation? Startle reflex modulation during processing of negated emotional words

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 199-206

  Herbert, Cornelia ^a   Deutsch, Roland ^b   Sütterlin, Stefan ^a,c   Kübler, Andrea ^a   Pauli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LUXEMBOURG   (Luxembourg)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotion regulation; Negation; Startle reflex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DENIAL; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RECALL; STARTLE REFLEX;

ADULT; DENIAL (PSYCHOLOGY); EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 80051655725     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-011-0026-1     Document Type: Article

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