Dance expertise modulates behavioral and psychophysiological responses to affective body movement

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1139-1147

  Christensen, Julia F ^a,b   Gomila, Antoni ^b   Gaigg, Sebastian B ^a   Sivarajah, Nithura ^a   Calvo Merino, Beatriz ^a,c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dance; Emotion; Expertise; Galvanic response; Neuroaesthetics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DANCING; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; GESTURE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; DANCING; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HUMANS; KINESICS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84957998705     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: 19391277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/xhp0000176     Document Type: Article

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