The Autonomic Physiology of Terror Management: Investigating the Effects of Self-esteem on Vagal Tone
Theory and research suggests a link between self-esteem and cardiac vagal tone (parasympathetic nervous system influence on the heart). A literature review suggests that vagal tone protects the body against physiological threat responding (e.g., sympathetic responding) and that vagal tone is highest...
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The University of Arizona.
2005
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10150/193965 |