It wears me out just imagining it! Mental imagery leads to muscle fatigue and diminished performance of isometric exercise

Biological Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Graham, Jeffrey D ^a   Sonne, Michael W L ^a   Bray, Steven R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ego depletion; Self control; Self regulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ENDURANCE TRAINING; FEMALE; HAND GRIP; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGERY; ISOMETRIC EXERCISE; MALE; MENTAL IMAGERY; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FATIGUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; ENDURANCE; EXERCISE; HAND STRENGTH; IMAGINATION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HAND STRENGTH; HUMANS; IMAGINATION; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MUSCLE FATIGUE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHYSICAL ENDURANCE; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906686597     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.07.018     Document Type: Article

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