The stress of stroop performance: Physiological and emotional responses to color-word interference, task pacing, and pacing speed

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 87-97

  Renaud, Patrice ^a   Blondin, Jean Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Arousal; Attention; Electrodermal activity; Heart rate; Stroop test; Task pacing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMOTION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; SELF REPORT; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; COLOR; EMOTIONS; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030754719     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(97)00049-4     Document Type: Article

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