Secretory immunoglobulin A and cardiovascular activity during mental arithmetic: Effects of task difficulty and task order

Biological Psychology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-141

  Willemsen, Gonneke ^a   Ring, Christopher ^a   McKeever, Sam ^a   Carroll, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular activity; Mental arithmetic; Secretory immunoglobulin A; Task difficulty; Task novelty

Indexed keywords

SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; SALIVA; SECRETORY RATE;

EID: 0033997478     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(99)00028-9     Document Type: Article

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