Cognitive rigidity is mirrored by autonomic inflexibility in daily life perseverative cognition

Biological Psychology

Volumn 107, Issue , 2015, Pages 24-30

  Ottaviani, Cristina ^a   Medea, Barbara ^b   Lonigro, Antonia ^a   Tarvainen, Mika ^c,d   Couyoumdjian, Alessandro ^b  

^a IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Ecological momentary assessment; Heart rate variability; Mind wandering; Perseverative cognition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE RIGIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFE STRESS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIND WANDERING; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT WORRY; PERSEVERATIVE COGNITION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP QUALITY; SLEEP TIME; THINKING; WAKEFULNESS; ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924914252     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.02.011     Document Type: Article

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