Psychological sweating from glabrous and nonglabrous skin surfaces under thermoneutral conditions

Psychophysiology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 369-374

  Machado Moreira, Christiano A ^a   Taylor, Nigel A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Glabrous skin; Mental sweating; Nonthermal sweating; Psychological sweating; Sudomotor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856719477     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2011.01309.x     Document Type: Article

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