The effect of mental loads on muscle tension, blood pressure and blink rate

Journal of Physiological Anthropology and Applied Human Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 135-141

  Iwanaga, Koichi ^a   Saito, Sosuke ^b   Shimomura, Yoshihiro ^b   Harada, Hajime ^b   Katsuura, Tetsuo ^b  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Blink rate; Blood pressure; Memory; Mental loads; Muscle tension

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING;

ADULT; BLINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; REFERENCE VALUES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING;

EID: 0034180639     PISSN: 13453475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa.19.135     Document Type: Article

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