Frontal theta activity reflects distinct aspects of mental fatigue

Biological Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-65

  Wascher, Edmund ^a   Rasch, Björn ^b   Sänger, Jessica ^c   Hoffmann, Sven ^a   Schneider, Daniel ^a   Rinkenauer, Gerhard ^a   Heuer, Herbert ^a   Gutberlet, Ingmar ^d  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FRIBOURG   (Switzerland)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BlindSight GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

EEG; Frontal theta; Mental fatigue; Time on task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THETA RHYTHM;

EEG; FRONTAL THETA; MENTAL FATIGUE; TIME ON TASK;

ADULT; ALPHA RHYTHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; PHOTIC STIMULATION; REACTION TIME; THETA RHYTHM; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890823556     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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