Viewing red prior to a strength test inhibits motor output

Neuroscience Letters

Volumn 495, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 44-48

  Payen, Vincent ^a   Elliot, Andrew J ^b   Coombes, Stephen A ^c   Chalabaev, Aïna ^d   Brisswalter, Jeanick ^d   Cury, François ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d University of Nice Sophia Antipolis   (France)

^e AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Color; Motor output; Red; Strength performance; Threat

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; COLOR; COLORIMETRY; FORCE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOOD; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; STRENGTH; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIGH; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955023091     PISSN: 03043940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2011.03.032     Document Type: Article

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