Arctic Cognition: A Study of Cognitive Performance in Summer and Winter at 69°N

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 561-580

  Brennen, Tim ^a   Martinussen, Monica ^b   Hansen, Bernt Ole ^b   Hjemdal, Odin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIGHT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; SEASON; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARCTIC REGIONS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; DARKNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REACTION TIME; SEASONAL AFFECTIVE DISORDER; SEASONS;

EID: 0033290264     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0720(199912)13:6<561::AID-ACP661>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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