Individual differences in resting heart rate variability and cognitive control in posttraumatic stress disorder

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Gillie, Brandon L ^a   Thayer F , Julian ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Heart rate variability; Individual differences; Posttraumatic stress disorder

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904743127     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00758     Document Type: Article

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