Mental fatigue caused by prolonged cognitive load associated with sympathetic hyperactivity

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mizuno, Kei ^a,b   Tanaka, Masaaki ^b   Yamaguti, Kouzi ^b   Kajimoto, Osami ^b   Kuratsune, Hirohiko ^c   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF WELFARE SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; NORMAL HUMAN; PARASYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; HEART RATE; LEISURE; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SELF REPORT;

ADULT; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RELAXATION; SELF REPORT; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM;

EID: 79956201016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-7-17     Document Type: Article

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