Rapid Heartbeat, But Dry Palms: Reactions of Heart Rate and Skin Conductance Levels to Social Rejection

Rapid Heartbeat, But Dry Palms: Reactions of Heart Rate and Skin Conductance Levels to Social Rejection

Background: Social rejection elicits negative mood, emotional distress and neural activity in networks that are associated with physical pain. However, studies assessing physiological reactions to social rejection are rare and results of these studies were found to be ambiguous. Therefore, the prese...

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Main Authors: Benjamin eIffland, Lisa Margareta Sansen, Claudia eCatani, Frank eNeuner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
Subjects:
Heart Rate
social exclusion
Skin conductance
autonomic arousal
cyberball
Physiological indices
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00956/full

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