From the heart to the mind's eye: Cardiac vagal tone is related to visual perception of fearful faces at high spatial frequency

Biological Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 171-178

  Park, Gewnhi ^a   Van Bavel, Jay J ^b   Vasey, Michael W ^c   Egan, Eric J L ^c   Thayer, Julian F ^c  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal tone; Emotion; Perception; Spatial frequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; CARDIAC VAGUS TONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SPATIAL FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VAGUS TONE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION;

DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; STUDENTS; TIME FACTORS; UNIVERSITIES; VAGUS NERVE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84859764030     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.02.012     Document Type: Article

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