When tonic cardiac vagal tone predicts changes in phasic vagal tone: The role of fear and perceptual load

Psychophysiology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 419-426

  Park, Gewnhi ^a   Vasey, Michael W ^b   Van Bavel, Jay J ^c   Thayer, Julian F ^b  

^a AZUSA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac vagal tone; Self regulatory effort

Indexed keywords

FEAR; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

FEAR; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PERCEPTION; VAGUS NERVE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898043092     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12186     Document Type: Article

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