Mental fatigue influence on effort-related cardiovascular response: Difficulty effects and extension across cognitive performance domains

Motivation and Emotion

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 219-231

  Wright, Rex A ^a   Junious, Tonia R ^a   Neal, Christin ^a   Avello, Ashley ^a   Graham, Candace ^a   Herrmann, Laura ^a   Junious, Sonia ^a   Walton, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Ability perception; Cardiovascular response; Efficacy; Effort; Mental fatigue; Performance resources; Resource depletion

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848855113     PISSN: 01467239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11031-007-9066-9     Document Type: Article

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