Low visual information-processing speed and attention are predictors of fatigue in elementary and junior high school students

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mizuno, Kei ^a,b   Tanaka, Masaaki ^a   Fukuda, Sanae ^a   Yamano, Emi ^a   Shigihara, Yoshihito ^a   Imai Matsumura, Kyoko ^c   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a,b  

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

^b RIKEN   (Japan)

^c HYOGO UNIVERSITY OF TEACHER EDUCATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CHILD; COGNITION; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEMANTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; VISUAL INFORMATION; WORD LIST RECALL; ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; COHORT ANALYSIS; HOSPITALIZATION; MENTAL FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL PROCESSES; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS;

EID: 79958265763     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-7-20     Document Type: Article

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