Dissociation between mental fatigue and motivational state during prolonged mental activity

Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Volumn 9, Issue JULY, 2015, Pages

  Gergelyfi, Mónika ^a   Jacob, Benvenuto ^a   Olivier, Etienne ^a   Zénon, Alexandre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive effort; ECG; EEG; Eye blinks; Mental fatigue; Motivation; Pupillometry; Skin conductance responses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; MOTIVATION; PILOT STUDY; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 84937433673     PISSN: 16625153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2015.00176     Document Type: Article

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