The Effects of Measuring Emotion: Physiological Reactions to Emotional Situations Depend on whether Someone Is Asking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Kassam, Karim S ^a   Mendes, Wendy Berry ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEART OUTPUT; HUMAN; MALE; SELF REPORT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANGER; AWARENESS; CARDIAC OUTPUT; CONSCIOUSNESS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SHAME; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84878764444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064959     Document Type: Article

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