Mirrors, masks, and motivation: Implicit and explicit self-focused attention influence effort-related cardiovascular reactivity

Biological Psychology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 192-201

  Silvia, Paul J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Active coping; Cardiovascular reactivity; Effort; Implicit priming; Motivational intensity; Self focused attention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFORT RELATED CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY; EXPLICIT SELF FOCUSED ATTENTION; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPLICIT SELF FOCUSED ATTENTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SYSTOLE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861113824     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.03.017     Document Type: Article

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