How Emotions Affect Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia

Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) is a measure of heart rate variability in relation to respiration. The current study investigated how the different induced emotional states (i.e., amusement, anger, disgust, happiness, fear, and sadness) affect RSA. This was done by comparing resting RSA to that o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fischer, Lindsey Ann
Other Authors: Allen, John J.B.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/579276