Perturbation-evoked electrodermal responses are sensitive to stimulus and context-dependent manipulations of task challenge

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 485, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-221

  Sibley, Kathryn M ^a   Lakhani, Bimal ^b   Mochizuki, George ^b   McIlroy, William E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Balance; Challenge; Compensatory reaction; Electrodermal response; Perturbation

Indexed keywords

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; EVOKED RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL LATERALITY; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; NEURONS, AFFERENT; POSTURAL BALANCE; POSTURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957858211     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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