Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section I Theoretical Models of Emotion
- Section II Measuring Emotional Processes
- Chapter 3 Neuropsychology and Lesion Models
- Chapter 4 Peripheral Physiological Measures of Emotion
- Chapter 5 Functional MRI
- Chapter 6 Mapping the Human Emotion Circuits with Positron Emission Tomography
- Chapter 7 Electro- and Magnetoencephalography
- Chapter 8 The Study of Emotion in Other Animals
- Section III Emotion Perception and Elicitation
- Section IV Emotional Learning and Memory
- Section V Cognition–Emotion Interactions
- Section VI Social Emotions
- Section VII Individual Differences
- Index
- References
Chapter 4 - Peripheral Physiological Measures of Emotion
from Section II - Measuring Emotional Processes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 September 2025
Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- The Cambridge Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- Section I Theoretical Models of Emotion
- Section II Measuring Emotional Processes
- Chapter 3 Neuropsychology and Lesion Models
- Chapter 4 Peripheral Physiological Measures of Emotion
- Chapter 5 Functional MRI
- Chapter 6 Mapping the Human Emotion Circuits with Positron Emission Tomography
- Chapter 7 Electro- and Magnetoencephalography
- Chapter 8 The Study of Emotion in Other Animals
- Section III Emotion Perception and Elicitation
- Section IV Emotional Learning and Memory
- Section V Cognition–Emotion Interactions
- Section VI Social Emotions
- Section VII Individual Differences
- Index
- References
Summary
This chapter introduces peripheral physiological measures of emotion as important tools for studying emotion in affective neuroscience. It examines responses across three systems: skeletal muscle activity, autonomic nervous system (cardiovascular and electrodermal), and respiration. It surveys measurement modalities, derived metrics, their neural control, timescales of expected response, and prominent findings in recent literature, linking them to central nervous system activity throughout. The chapter concludes by highlighting outstanding questions and future challenges in the field of peripheral physiological measures of emotion.
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