EEG correlates of fatigue during administration of a neuropsychological test battery

Clinical Neurophysiology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 278-284

  Barwick, Fiona ^a   Arnett, Peter ^a   Slobounov, Semyon ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EEG; Mental fatigue; Stroop Interference Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEATTY PRETEST; COGNITION; CONCUSSION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FATIGUE; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTTEST FATIGUE RATING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SPORT INJURY; STROOP NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855534863     PISSN: 13882457     EISSN: 18728952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinph.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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