Incentive effects on cardiovascular reactivity in active coping with unclear task difficulty

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 216-225

  Richter, Michael ^a   Gendolla, Guido H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active coping; Cardiovascular reactivity; Unclear task difficulty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REWARD; SYSTOLE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS; DIASTOLE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MOTIVATION; SERIAL LEARNING; SET (PSYCHOLOGY); SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SYSTOLE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 33745428542     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2005.10.003     Document Type: Article

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