Where's the impairment: An examination of factors that impact sustained attention following a stressor

Cognition and Emotion

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 856-866

  Banks, Jonathan B ^a   Tartar, Jaime L ^a   Welhaf, Matthew S ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alpha amylase; Cortisol; Mind wandering; Stress; Sustained attention

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; HYDROCORTISONE; AMYLASE;

ADULT; AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLD PRESSOR TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STRESS; THINKING; WANDERING BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; SALIVA; STUDENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ALPHA-AMYLASES; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; SALIVA; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900872375     PISSN: 02699931     EISSN: 14640600     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699931.2013.857643     Document Type: Article

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