Effect of mental fatigue on the central nervous system: an electroencephalography study

Behavioral and Brain Functions

Volumn 8, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tanaka, Masaaki ^a   Shigihara, Yoshihito ^a   Ishii, Akira ^a   Funakura, Masami ^b   Kanai, Etsuko ^b   Watanabe, Yasuyoshi ^a,c  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b PANASONIC CORPORATION   (Japan)

^c RIKEN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central nervous system; Electroencephalography; Mental fatigue; N back Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ARTICLE; BETA RHYTHM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; COGNITION; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BRAIN; COGNITION; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84865765646     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17449081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-9081-8-48     Document Type: Article

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