Effects of psychological and physiological challenges on heart rate, T-wave amplitude, and pulse-transit time

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 173-183

  Furedy, John J ^a   Szabo, Attila ^b   Péronnet, François ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arithmetic challenge; Exercise; Heart rate; Pulse transit time; Reactive sensitivity; T wave amplitude

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CYCLING; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE RATE; REST; T WAVE; TIME;

EID: 0030175614     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-8760(96)00025-6     Document Type: Article

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