Psychophysiological investigation of vigilance decrement: Boredom or cognitive fatigue?

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 93, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 369-378

  Pattyn, Nathalie ^a,b   Neyt, Xavier ^b   Henderickx, David ^a   Soetens, Eric ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Attention; Boredom; Cognitive fatigue; Endogenous; Exogenous; Heart rate variability; Sustained attention; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BOREDOM; COGNITION; FATIGUE; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BOREDOM; COGNITION; FATIGUE; HUMANS; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 42449089094     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2007.09.016     Document Type: Article

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