Does mental exertion alter maximal muscle activation?

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 8, Issue SEP, 2014, Pages 1-10

  Rozand, Vianney ^a   Pageaux, Benjamin ^a,b   Marcora, Samuele M ^b   Papaxanthis, Charalambos ^a   Lepers, Romuald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central fatigue; Knee extensors; Mental fatigue; Motivation; Neuromuscular fatigue; Stroop task

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOOD; MOTIVATION; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTION; NORMAL HUMAN; STROOP TEST; TORQUE; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT;

EID: 84933671739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16625161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2014.00755     Document Type: Article

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