Mental task demands and cardiovascular response patterns

Biological Psychology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 264-271

  Sosnowski, Tytus ^a   Bala, Aleksandra ^a   Rynkiewicz, Andrzej ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular response pattern; Mental tasks; Problem solving; Program running

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE TENSION; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; SEARCH ENGINE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953028409     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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