Cardiovascular reactivity during performance under social observation: The moderating role of task difficulty

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 185-192

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Active coping; Cardiovascular reactivity; Mental effort; Social observation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; NORMAL HUMAN; OBSERVATION; PREDICTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748125160     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2006.04.002     Document Type: Article

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