Effort Intensity: Some Insights From the Cardiovascular System

The Oxford Handbook of Human Motivation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gendolla, Guido H E ^a   Wright, Rex A ^b   Richter, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular response; Effort; Motivation intensity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923548802     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780195399820.013.0024     Document Type: Chapter

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