Effects of intermittent odours on cognitive-motor performance and brain functioning during mental fatigue

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-11

  Kato, Yuichiro ^a,b   Endo, Hiroshi ^b   Kobayakawa, Tatsu ^b   Kato, Kazuhiro ^c   Kitazaki, Satoshi ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ASIA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c Dept NHK SPRING Co   (Japan)

^d NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

cognitive motor performance; event related brain potentials; intermittent odours; mental fatigue; reaction time

Indexed keywords

AIR CONTROL; BRAIN ACTIVITY; COGNITIVE-MOTOR PERFORMANCE; EVENT-RELATED BRAIN POTENTIAL; GO/NO-GO; MENTAL FATIGUE; RESPONSE SELECTION;

DISEASES; HUMAN REACTION TIME;

ODORS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED SOMATOSENSORY RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS, SOMATOSENSORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; ODORS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857857397     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.633175     Document Type: Article

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