Respiratory sinus arrhythmia responses to cognitive tasks: Effects of task factors and RSA indices

Biological Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-14

  Overbeek, Thérèse J M ^a   Van Boxtel, Anton ^b   Westerink, Joyce H D M ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive control; Facial EMG; Heart rate; Mental effort; Respiration; Respiratory sinus arrhythmia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREATHING RATE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COGNITION; ELECTROMYOGRAM; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTUAL ATTENTION TASK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; BREATHING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACE MUSCLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARRHYTHMIA, SINUS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FACIAL MUSCLES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RESPIRATION; RESPIRATORY SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896046585     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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