Mental Fatigue - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Test length and cognitive fatigue: an empirical examination of effects on performance and test-taker reactions.

30 May 2009 Person and situational determinants of cognitive ability test performance and subjective reactions were examined in the context of tests with different time-on-task requirements. Two hundred thirty-nine first-year university students participated in ... Read more...

Fatigue in relatives of palliative patients.

30 May 2009 OBJECTIVES: The relatives' burdens in palliative care are considerable and may cause fatigue. The overall aim of this study was to gain a greater understanding of fatigue in relatives of patients cared for in palliative care settings. METHODS: This ... Read more...

Job stressors and the pursuit of sport activities: a day-level perspective.

30 Mar 2009 This article addresses the relation between day-specific experiences of job stressors and the pursuit of off-job activities. Following the limited-resources model of self-regulation, the authors proposed that job stressors and long working hours are ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Mental Fatigue - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Test length and cognitive fatigue: an empirical examination of effects on performance and test-taker reactions. 30 May 2009
• Fatigue in relatives of palliative patients. 30 May 2009
• Job stressors and the pursuit of sport activities: a day-level perspective. 30 Mar 2009
• Vital exhaustion in chronic heart failure: symptom profiles and clinical outcome. 27 Feb 2009
• Mental fatigue impairs physical performance in humans. 6 Jan 2009
• Burnout development among dentists: a longitudinal study. 29 Nov 2008
• Mediators and moderators of the stressor-fatigue relationship in nonclinical samples. 20 Nov 2008
• Enhanced negative feedback sensitivity of the hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal axis in chronic myogenous facial pain. 8 Sep 2008
• Impact of top-down control during mental fatigue. 23 Jul 2008
• Mental fatigue: costs and benefits. 7 Jul 2008
• Neuropsychological performance in persons with chronic fatigue syndrome: results from a population-based study. 5 Jul 2008
• Signal salience and the mindlessness theory of vigilance. 19 May 2008
• EEG-based mental fatigue measurement using multi-class support vector machines with confidence estimate. 6 May 2008
• Psychological stress and health in undergraduate dental students: fifth year outcomes compared with first year baseline results from five European dental schools. 29 Apr 2008
• Characteristics of fatigue in panic disorder patients. 30 Mar 2008
• Chronic cancer-related fatigue in long-term survivors of testicular cancer. 30 Mar 2008
• Reliance on God's help, depression and fatigue in female cancer patients. 30 Dec 2007
• Relationship between central auditory processing and reading skills: preliminary observations in Hebrew speaking children. 30 Dec 2007
• Learning in patient-based education sessions: a prospective evaluation. 30 Dec 2007
• Objective measurement of fatigue following traumatic brain injury. 30 Dec 2007

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Technical information about 'Mental Fatigue'

Definition: A condition of low alertness or cognitive impairment, usually associated with prolonged mental activities or stress.

Descriptor UI: D005222

Alternative terms: Mental Fatigue; Fatigue, Mental;

Allowable Qualifiers: blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; ultrasonography; virology;

Tree Number: C23.888.369.500; F01.145.126.937;

Online Note: use MENTAL FATIGUE to search FATIGUE, MENTAL 1966-94

History Note: 95; was FATIGUE, MENTAL 1963-94