Anxiety, attention, and decision making: The moderating role of heart rate variability

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 490-496

  Ramírez, Encarnación ^a   Ortega, Ana Raquel ^a   Reyes Del Paso, Gustavo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Attention; Decision making; Heart rate variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVERSION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PREFRONTAL CORTEX; REST; RISK MANAGEMENT; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RADIATION RESPONSE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84948763720     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2015.10.007     Document Type: Article

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