Task difficulty effects on cardiac activity

Psychophysiology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 869-875

  Richter, Michael ^a   Friedrich, Antonia ^b   Gendolla, Guido H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Active coping; Beta adrenergic response; Cardiovascular reactivity; Task difficulty

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR;

ACTIVE COPING THEORY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MOTIVATION; MOTIVATIONAL INTENSITY THEORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TASK DIFFICULTY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INDOCYANINE GREEN; MALE; MEMORY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE;

EID: 49649120910     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2008.00688.x     Document Type: Article

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