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Document ID (ISN)67258
CIS number 96-1529
ISBN(s) 3-89429-977-0
Year 1995
Convention or series no. Fb 12.001
Author(s) Rau R., Richter P.
Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsmedizin
Title 24-hour monitoring to check the reactivity of psychophysiological parameters during periods of mental work and rest
Original title 24-Stunden-Monitoring zur Prüfung der Reaktivität psychophysiologischer Parameter in Belastungs- und Erholungsphasen [in German]
Bibliographic information Wirtschaftsverlag NW, Postfach 10 11 10, 27511 Bremerhaven, Germany, 1995. 106p. Illus. 148 ref. Price: DEM 12.50.
Abstract Pulse rate, blood pressure and sodium and potassium levels in saliva were monitored in 48 healthy students during a 24-hour period, while they maintained their normal activities (attending classes, sleeping). Some students were monitored during a second 24-hour period in which they took an examination. The strongest correlations were found between mental workload on one hand and pulse rate and blood pressure on the other. For the salivary potassium level the correlation was weaker while the sodium levels did not at all reflect short-term changes in the mental workload.
Descriptors (primary) determination in saliva; electrolyte changes during effort; determination in biological matter; pulse rate; blood pressure; mental workload
Descriptors (secondary) mental work; cognitive performance; sodium; potassium; human experiments
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Country / State or ProvinceGermany
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Mental workload
Cardiovascular diseases