Cognitive function and mood during acute cold stress after extended military training and recovery

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 629-636

  Lieberman, Harris R ^a   Castellani, John W ^a   Young, Andrew J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic stress; Environmental stress; Fatigue; Military; Mood; Performance; Sleep deprivation; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; ANGER; ARMY; ARTICLE; CALORIC RESTRICTION; COGNITION; COLD STRESS; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; EXERCISE RECOVERY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD CHANGE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RECTUM TEMPERATURE; RESPONSE TIME; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TRAINING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLD TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOOD DISORDERS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 67651008464     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3357/ASEM.2431.2009     Document Type: Article

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