title: Heart rate pattern and resting heart rate variability mediate individual differences in contextual anxiety and conditioned responses.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biological Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: dieuwke.sevenster@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Dieuwke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sevenster
authors.affiliation: Biological and Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany.
authors.forename: Alfons
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hamm
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Centre for the Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology, Department of Psychology, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: Tom
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Beckers
authors.affiliation: Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Amsterdam Brain and Cognition, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Merel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kindt
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000503:physiopathology*; D003213:Conditioning, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005239:Fear; D005260:Female; D005712:Galvanic Skin Response; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D013216:Reflex, Startle / Q000502:physiology*; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Fear conditioning; Fear potentiated startle; Heart rate; Heart rate variability (HRV); Sex differences; Skin conductance response (SCR); Subjective distress