Short-Term Cardiovascular Responses to Changing Task Demands

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 153-160

  Stuiver, A ^a   de Waard, D ^a   Brookhuis, K A ^a   Dijksterhuis, C ^a   Lewis Evans, B ^a   Mulder, L J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular reactivity; Mental workload; Short term response patterns; Simulated work; State assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRESSORECEPTOR REFLEX;

ADULT; AMBULANCES; BAROREFLEX; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865350203     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2012.06.003     Document Type: Article

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