Cardiovascular response to Stroop: Effect of verbal response and task difficulty

Biological Psychology

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 235-241

  Boutcher, Yati N ^a   Boutcher, Stephen H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Catecholamine; Forearm blood flow; Heart period variability; Heart rate; Stroop

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CATECHOLAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COGNITION; FOREARM BLOOD FLOW; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD PRESSURE; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); EPINEPHRINE; FOREARM; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; READING; SEMANTICS; STROKE VOLUME; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 33846060686     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2006.04.005     Document Type: Article

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