Associations between respiratory sinus arrhythmia reactivity and internalizing and externalizing symptoms are emotion specific

Cognitive, Affective and Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 238-251

  Fortunato, Christine K ^a   Gatzke Kopp, Lisa M ^a   Ram, Nilam ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Emotion; Externalizing; Internalizing; Parasympathetic nervous system; Psychopathology; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BREATHING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA;

ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESPIRATION;

EID: 84880657083     PISSN: 15307026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13415-012-0136-4     Document Type: Article

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