Autonomic imbalance is associated with reduced facial recognition in somatoform disorders

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 232-239

  Pollatos, Olga ^a   Herbert, Beate M ^b   Wankner, Sarah ^c   Dietel, Anja ^d   Wachsmuth, Cornelia ^e   Henningsen, Peter ^e   Sack, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d Academic Teaching Hospital   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autonomic response; Facial recognition; Heart rate variability; Interoceptive awareness; Somatoform disorder

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FACIAL RECOGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INTEROCEPTIVE AWARENESS; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; SYMPATHOVAGAL REACTIVITY;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTIONS; FACE; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 80052685525     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2011.03.012     Document Type: Article

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