Autonomic predictors of Stroop performance in young and middle-aged adults

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 123-129

  Mathewson, Karen J ^a   Jetha, Michelle K ^a   Drmic, Irene E ^b   Bryson, Susan E ^c   Goldberg, Joel O ^a,b   Hall, Geoffrey B ^a   Santesso, Diane L ^d   Segalowitz, Sidney J ^d   Schmidt, Louis A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^d BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Executive function; Heart rate; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA); Stroop test

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; STROOP PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; EMOTIONS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FIELD DEPENDENCE-INDEPENDENCE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STROOP TEST;

EID: 77952675020     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2010.02.007     Document Type: Article

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