Perceived mental effort correlates with changes in tonic arousal during attentional tasks

Fleur M. Howells; Dan Joseph Stein; Vivienne A. Russell

doi:10.1186/1744-9081-6-39

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Perceived mental effort correlates with changes in tonic arousal during attentional tasks

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These results indicate that perceived mental effort reflects tonic rather than phasic changes in arousal during tasks of attention. We suggest that perceived mental effort may reflect in part tonic activity of the LC-NE system in healthy individuals.

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