The temporal dynamics of emotional acceptance: Experience, expression, and physiology

Biological Psychology

Volumn 108, Issue , 2015, Pages 1-12

  Dan Glauser, Elise S ^a   Gross, James J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotion; Emotion regulation; Emotional acceptance; Suppression; Temporal dynamics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; BREATHING RATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTIONALITY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OXYGENATION; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHODYNAMICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING MECHANICS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTION; MALE; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; CUES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; RESPIRATORY MECHANICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925355269     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2015.03.005     Document Type: Article

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