Individual differences in biophysiological toughness: Sustaining working memory during physical exhaustion

Military Medicine

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 230-236

  Shia, Regina M ^a   Hagen, Josh A ^a   McIntire, Lindsey K ^b   Goodyear, Chuck D ^b   Dykstra, Leanne N ^c   Narayanan, Latha ^d  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b INFOSCITEX CORPORATION   (United States)

^c Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education   (United States)

^d HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE;

ADULT; BLOOD; COMPLICATION; EXERCISE TEST; FITNESS; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOLDIER;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADULT; BIOMARKERS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; EXERCISE TEST; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PHYSICAL FITNESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84928479237     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: 1930613X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED-D-14-00363     Document Type: Article

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