Motor manifestation of conflict in interview: a case study.
- 1 March 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in The Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology
- Vol. 52 (2) , 268-271
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0046269
Abstract
Electromyographic recordings were made of a 33 year old divorcee, diagnosed anxiety hysteria, while being interviewed on the themes of sex and hostility. Specific forearm tensions were related to the topic of hostility while specific leg tensions were related to the topic of sex. These results, and similar results reported by Shagrass and Malmo, were analyzed in terms of a hypothesis of central neural interaction.Keywords
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