Relationships between performance and skin resistance evolution involving various motor skills

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 59, Issue 4-5, 1996, Pages 953-963

  Collet, C ^a   Roure, R ^a   Rada, H ^b   Dittmar, A ^b   Vernet Maury, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Activation; Activation performance relationship; Anticipation; Autonomic nervous system; Motor skill; Skin resistance tonic level; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANTICIPATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VOLUNTEER;

EID: 0029937602     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0031-9384(95)02183-3     Document Type: Article

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