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Definition of Overarousal
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Overarousal
Literary usage of Overarousal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. You Can Choose to Be Happy: "Rise Above" Anxiety, Anger, and Depression by Tom G. Stevens (1998)
"If it gets too hot-overwhelmed with too much input it cannot adequately process,
it gets overstimulated and produces negative overarousal emotions such as ..."
2. The Urban Condition: Space, Community, and Self in the Contemporary Metropolis by Ghent Urban Studies Team (1999)
"overarousal in a metropolitan environment may thus be partly conducive to the
phenomenon of "fried urban nerves," which should be understood against ..."
3. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"Two measures, resting EEG and electrodermal reactivity, have been associated with
psychophysiological signs of both under- and overarousal. ..."
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