Sigh rate and respiratory variability during mental load and sustained attention

Psychophysiology

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 117-120

  Vlemincx, Elke ^a   Taelman, Joachim ^b   De Peuter, Steven ^a   Van Diest, Ilse ^a   Van Den Bergh, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Katholieke Universiteit Leuven   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mental arithmetic; Respiratory variability; Sighing; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESPIRATORY PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649999338     PISSN: 00485772     EISSN: 14698986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8986.2010.01043.x     Document Type: Article

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