Aversive life events enhance human freezing responses

Journal of Experimental Psychology: General

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-105

  Hagenaars, Muriel A ^a   Stins, John F ^b   Roelofs, Karin ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Freezing; Immobility; Posturography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; CATALEPSY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; FREEZING REACTION, CATALEPTIC; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MOVEMENT; PHOTIC STIMULATION; POSTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84861733858     PISSN: 00963445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0024211     Document Type: Article

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