Effects of extraversion on the McCollough Effect: A gender difference

Personality and Individual Differences

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 563-579

  Byth, William ^a   McMahon, Denis ^a   Maguire, Moira S ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arousal; Cholinergic; Exercise; Extraversion; McCollough Effect; Menstrual cycle; Sex difference

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039880381     PISSN: 01918869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-8869(98)00171-8     Document Type: Article

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