Is the ability to keep your mind sharp under pressure reflected in your heart? Evidence for the neurophysiological bases of decision reinvestment

Biological Psychology

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-42

  Laborde, Sylvain ^a,b   Raab, Markus ^a,c   Kinrade, Noel P ^d  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Decision making; Heart rate variability; Neurovisceral integration model; Performance under pressure; Reinvestment; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DECISION REINVESTMENT; HEART RATE VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MIND SHARP; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PARASYMPATHETIC TONE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETE; HEART RATE; MENTAL STRESS; ONLINE SYSTEM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATHLETES; DECISION MAKING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901500391     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.05.003     Document Type: Article

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