Gender differences in personality and heart-rate variability

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 209, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 652-657

  Huang, Wei Lieh ^a,b   Chang, Li Ren ^a   Kuo, Terry B J ^b,c   Lin, Yu Hsuan ^a   Chen, Ying Zai ^a   Yang, Cheryl C H ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Exploratory excitability; Fatigability; Gender difference; Heart rate variability; Personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CONFUSION (UNCERTAINTY); CONTROLLED STUDY; EXCITABILITY; FATIGUE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TRIDIMENSIONAL PERSONALITY QUESTIONNAIRE;

EXPLORATORY EXCITABILITY; FATIGABILITY; GENDER DIFFERENCE; HEART-RATE VARIABILITY; PERSONALITY;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TAIWAN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885483293     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: 18727123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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