Fast reducers, slow augmenters: A psychophysiological analysis of temperament-related differences in reaction time

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 225-237

  Schwerdtfeger, Andreas ^a,b   Getzmann, Stephan ^a,c   Baltissen, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Augmenting reducing; Cognitive processing speed; EMG; N1; P300; Reaction time; SRT

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PAIN THRESHOLD; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEMPERAMENT;

ADULT; ELECTRIC STIMULATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS, P300; FEMALE; HEAT; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN; PHOTIC STIMULATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; TEMPERAMENT;

EID: 16544372847     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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