Individual differences in resting heart rate variability moderate thought suppression success

Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1149-1160

  Gillie, Brandon L ^a   Vasey, Michael W ^a   Thayer, Julian F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart rate variability; Individual differences; Self control; Thought suppression

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFENSE MECHANISM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THINKING;

COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; REPRESSION, PSYCHOLOGY; THINKING;

EID: 84939266226     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.12443     Document Type: Article

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