The autonomic signature of guilt in children: A thermal infrared imaging study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Ioannou, Stephanos ^a,b   Ebisch, Sjoerd ^b   Aureli, Tiziana ^b   Bafunno, Daniela ^b   Ioannides, Helene Alexi ^b   Cardone, Daniela ^b   Manini, Barbara ^b   Romani, Gian Luca ^b   Gallese, Vittorio ^a   Merla, Arcangelo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84894268804     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079440     Document Type: Article

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