The physiological experience of the Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT): Does the PASAT induce autonomic arousal?

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 543-554

  Mathias, Charles W ^a   Stanford, Matthew S ^b   Houston, Rebecca J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arousal; Blood pressure; Heart rate; Paced Auditory Serial Attention Task

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR AUTOREGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; REST; SCORING SYSTEM; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 2442534618     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acn.2003.08.001     Document Type: Article

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