Natural disaster induced cognitive disruption: Impacts on action slips

Consciousness and Cognition

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1732-1737

  Helton, William S ^a   Head, James ^a   Kemp, Simon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attention; Cognitive disruption; Consciousness; Earthquake; Natural disaster

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DEPRESSION; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NATURAL DISASTER; NEW ZEALAND; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; SLEEP QUALITY; SUSTAINED ATTENTION TO RESPONSE TASK; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW ZEALAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054857678     PISSN: 10538100     EISSN: 10902376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.concog.2011.02.011     Document Type: Article

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