Effects of experimentally induced respiratory virus infections and illness on psychomotor performance.

Autor: Smith AP; MRC Perceptual and Cognitive Performance Unit, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK., Tyrrell DA, Al-Nakib W, Coyle KB, Donovan CB, Higgins PG, Willman JS
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Neuropsychobiology [Neuropsychobiology] 1987; Vol. 18 (3), pp. 144-8.
DOI: 10.1159/000118408
Abstrakt: In two studies experimentally induced colds slowed the speed of response in a serial reaction task. Responding was also slower during the incubation period of the illness, which shows that performance on such a task may be used to predict subsequent illness. Volunteers who had no significant clinical illness, but who had a significant rise in IgG following virus challenge, also showed changes in performance. In contrast to the serial reaction task, neither colds nor subclinical infections impaired performance on a detection task.
Databáze: MEDLINE