Viewing loved faces inhibits defense reactions: A health-promotion mechanism?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Guerra, Pedro ^a   Sánchez Adam, Alicia ^a   Anllo Vento, Lourdes ^a   Ramírez, Isabel ^b   Vila, Jaime ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b Department of Personality   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EYELID REFLEX; FACE MUSCLE; FATHER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOVE; MALE; MOTHER; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; REWARD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STARTLE REFLEX; VISUAL STIMULATION; ZYGOMATIC MAJOR MUSCLE;

AROUSAL; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FACE; FATHERS; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; LOVE; MALE; MOTHERS; MUSCLES; STARTLE REACTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; ZYGOMA;

EID: 84864205699     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0041631     Document Type: Article

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