The effect of cardiac cycle phase on reaction time among individuals at varying risk for hypertension

Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Stewart, Jesse C ^a   France, Christopher R ^b,c   Suhr, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Baroreceptors; Blood pressure; Cardiac cycle; Parental history of hypertension; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERTENSION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; PSYCHOSOMATICS; R WAVE; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 33645745739     PISSN: 02698803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0269-8803.20.1.1     Document Type: Article

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