Task Engagement, Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity, and Diagnostic Monitoring for Sustained Attention

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 187-203

  Matthews, Gerald ^a   Warm, Joel S ^b   Reinerman Jones, Lauren E ^c   Langheim, Lisa K ^a   Washburn, David A ^d   Tripp, Lloyd ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^d GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

attention; cerebral bloodflow; energy; task engagement; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN CIRCULATION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77953896397     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019572     Document Type: Article

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