Cognitive Performance and Heart Rate Variability: The Influence of Fitness Level

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Luque Casado, Antonio ^a   Zabala, Mikel ^a   Morales, Esther ^a   Mateo March, Manuel ^b   Sanabria, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FITNESS; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874256655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056935     Document Type: Article

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