Effects of the common cold on mood, psychomotor performance, the encoding of new information, speed of working memory and semantic processing

Brain, Behavior, and Immunity

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1072-1076

  Smith, Andrew P ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognition; Common cold; Mood; Upper respiratory tract illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMON COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUGHING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALAISE; MALE; MOOD CHANGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RESPONSE TIME; RHINORRHEA; SEMANTIC MEMORY; SHIVERING; SLEEP TIME; SNEEZING; SORE THROAT; SWEATING; VERBAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; BODY TEMPERATURE; COHORT STUDIES; COMMON COLD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; MUCUS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865633660     PISSN: 08891591     EISSN: 10902139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbi.2012.06.012     Document Type: Article

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