Glucose administration, heart rate and cognitive performance: Effects of increasing mental effort

Psychopharmacology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 63-71

  Kennedy, David O ^a   Scholey, Andrew B ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Demand; Glucose; Heart rate; Mental effort

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; COGNITION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0034068886     PISSN: 00333158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002139900335     Document Type: Article

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