Respiratory sinus arrhythmia responses to induced emotional states: Effects of RSA indices, emotion induction method, age, and sex

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-141

  Overbeek, Thérèse J M ^a,c   van Boxtel, Anton ^b   Westerink, Joyce H D M ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c De Hoenderloo Groep   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Age; Emotion; Films; Pictures; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia; Sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREATHING; BREATHING RATE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AROUSAL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY RATE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84862773669     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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