Considerations in the assessment of heart rate variability in biobehavioral research

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Quintana, Daniel S ^a,b   Heathers, James A J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autonomic nervous system; Emotion; Heart rate variability; Parasympathetic nervous system; Psychophysiology; Respiration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904743533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00805     Document Type: Review

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