Immediate and delayed after-effects of long lasting mentally demanding work

Biological Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 37-56

  Schellekens, Jan M H ^a   Sijtsma, Gelbrich J ^a   Vegter, Ellen ^a   Meijman, Theo F ^a  

^a Experimental and Work Psychology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

After effects of mental effort; Catecholamines; Efficiency paradigm; Heart rate variability; Memory search task; Mental fatigue

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ERROR; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK;

ADULT; AFFECT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EPINEPHRINE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; MEMORY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; WORK;

EID: 0034192899     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0301-0511(00)00039-9     Document Type: Article

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