Autonomic activity during task performance in adults with closed head injury

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 113-126

  Zahn, Theodore P ^a   Mirsky, Allan F ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Autonomic nervous system; Brain injury; Heart rate; Skin conductance; Task demands

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; REACTION TIME; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

EID: 0032805297     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8760(99)00030-6     Document Type: Article

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