Decreased heart rate variability during emotion regulation in subjects at risk for psychopathology

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1775-1783

  Di Simplicio, M ^a,b   Costoloni, G ^b   Western, D ^c   Hanson, B ^c   Taggart, P ^c   Harmer, C J ^a  

^a WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Emotion regulation; heart rate variability; neuroticism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; AROUSAL; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 84863888242     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291711002479     Document Type: Article

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