hypotonus

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hypotonus

  1. hypotonia
    • 2015 August 22, “Appraisals Generate Specific Configurations of Facial Muscle Movements in a Gambling Task: Evidence for the Component Process Model of Emotion”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      Together, these response patterns are consistent with the general theoretical prediction that low control appraisal triggers a hypotonus of the musculature (which could result in jaw dropping or lips parting, [12 ]), whereas high control appraisal increases the muscular tonus.