The multitasking framework: The effects of increasing workload on acute psychobiological stress reactivity

Stress and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 103-109

  Wetherell, Mark A ^a   Carter, Kirsty ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cardiovascular reactivity; mood; multitasking framework; psychobiological stress reactivity; stress; workload demand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE; COPING BEHAVIOR; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; EVALUATION STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AFFECT; AROUSAL; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84897582492     PISSN: 15323005     EISSN: 15322998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smi.2496     Document Type: Article

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