Love Alters Autonomic Reactivity to Emotions

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1314-1321

  Schneiderman, Inna ^a   Zilberstein Kra, Yael ^a   Leckman, James F ^b   Feldman, Ruth ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bonding; Emotion regulation; Romantic love; RSA; Vagal tone

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AUTONOMIC REACTIVITY; EMOTION; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOVE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STRESS; VAGUS NERVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 83755163588     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024090     Document Type: Article

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