Goal relevance and goal conduciveness appraisals lead to differential autonomic reactivity in emotional responding to performance feedback

Biological Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 365-375

  Kreibig, Sylvia D ^a   Gendolla, Guido H E ^a   Scherer, Klaus R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Appraisal; Autonomic nervous system; Emotion; Motivation; Performance feedback

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC AUTONOMIC REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MOTIVATION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVOUS SYSTEM PARAMETERS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; EMOTIONS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; GOALS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; SELF REPORT;

EID: 84868286746     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2012.08.007     Document Type: Article

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