Preliminary study of a physiological evaluation method on attentiveness concentration during mental arithmetic; correlation between task performance and physiological indices

Journal of Physiological Anthropology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 553-557

  Tanabe, Tatsuro ^a   Ikemura, Kosuke ^a,b   Sawai, Hiroko ^a,c   Koyama, Emi ^a  

^a KYOTO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SEIWA Electric MFG Co Ltd

^c HINO MOTORS LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arousal level; Attentiveness; Blood flow; Fatigue; Physiological indices; SPL; Task performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL FUNCTION; PHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 51949083186     PISSN: 18806791     EISSN: 18806805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2114/jpa2.26.553     Document Type: Article

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