Feeling Good: Autonomic Nervous System Responding in Five Positive Emotions

Emotion

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1368-1378

  Shiota, Michelle N ^a   Neufeld, Samantha L ^a   Yeung, Wan H ^a   Moser, Stephanie E ^a   Perea, Elaine F ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Evolutionary psychology; Positive emotion; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHOLINERGIC SYSTEM; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOVE; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RESPIRATORY RATE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 83755172602     PISSN: 15283542     EISSN: 19311516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024278     Document Type: Article

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