Autonomic correlates of physical and moral disgust

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-62

  Ottaviani, Cristina ^a,b   Mancini, Francesco ^c   Petrocchi, Nicola ^a   Medea, Barbara ^a   Couyoumdjian, Alessandro ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^c Scuola di Psicoterapia Cognitiva Srl   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anger; Contempt; Disgust sensitivity; Heart rate; Heart rate variability; Moral disgust; Obsessive compulsive tendencies; Physical disgust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY; COMPULSION; DISGUST; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MORALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSESSION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; VAGUS TONE;

ANGER; CONTEMPT; DISGUST SENSITIVITY; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; MORAL DISGUST; OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE TENDENCIES; PHYSICAL DISGUST;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; CUES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCEST; MALE; MORALS; OBSESSIVE-COMPULSIVE DISORDER; PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PERSONALITY TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; VAGUS NERVE; VOMITING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880382473     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2013.05.003     Document Type: Article

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