Changes in physiological stress and self-reported mood in younger and older adults after exposure to a stressful task

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 338-356

  Dijkstra, Katinka ^a   Charness, Neil ^b   Yordon, Ryan ^b   Fox, Mark ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Mood; Performance; Physiological stress; Subjective stress

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; RESPONSE TIME; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; MENTAL STRESS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF CONCEPT;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SELF CONCEPT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66349093457     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825580902773859     Document Type: Article

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