Mental fatigue and temporal preparation in simple reaction-time performance

Acta Psychologica

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 64-72

  Langner, Robert ^a   Steinborn, Michael B ^b   Chatterjee, Anjan ^c   Sturm, Walter ^a   Willmes, Klaus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Conditioning; Fatigue; Reaction time; Time on task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REACTION TIME; TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; CONDITIONING (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 74149094672     PISSN: 00016918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actpsy.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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