Differential effects of prolonged work on performance measures in self-paced speed tests

Advances in Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 105-113

  Steinborn, Michael B ^a   Flehmig, Hagen C ^b   Westhoff, Karl ^b   Langner, Robert ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Mental fatigue; Practice effects; Reaction time; Sustained performance; Time on task

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950321355     PISSN: 18951171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/V10053-008-0070-8     Document Type: Article

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