Heart rate variability and cognitive function: Effects of physical effort

Biological Psychology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 186-191

  Luft, Caroline Di Bernardi ^a   Takase, Emílio ^a   Darby, David ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c University of Melbourne ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Autonomic nervous system; Cognition; Cognitive assessment; Executive functions; Exercise; Heart rate variability; Reaction time; Sport

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 69249214182     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2009.07.007     Document Type: Article

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