Effects of baroreceptor stimulation on performance of the Sternberg short-term memory task: A cardiac cycle time study

Biological Psychology

Volumn 103, Issue , 2014, Pages 262-266

  Quelhas Martins, Amadeu ^a   McIntyre, David ^a   Ring, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arterial baroreceptors; Cardiac cycle; Memory; Sternberg task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART CYCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESSORECEPTOR; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; HEART; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRESSORECEPTORS; REACTION TIME; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908378707     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: 18736246     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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