Purpose in life predicts better emotional recovery from negative stimuli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Schaefer, Stacey M ^a,b   Boylan, Jennifer Morozink ^a   Van Reekum, Carien M ^c   Lapate, Regina C ^a,b   Norris, Catherine J ^d   Ryff, Carol D ^a   Davidson, Richard J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d SWARTHMORE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADULT; AGED; AMYGDALOID NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGEVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RISK FACTOR; STARTLE REFLEX; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; BLINKING; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; STARTLE REACTION;

EID: 84893405031     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080329     Document Type: Article

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