Effects of progressive exercise on attentional focus
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Authors
Côté, Jean
Salmela, John H.
Papathanasopoulu, K. P.
Date
1992-10-01
Type
journal article
Language
en
Keyword
Physical Arousal , Heart Rates , Physical Stress , Stimuli
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Abstract
To replicate 1986 work of Salmela and Ndoye on whether physical arousal from riding a stationary bicycle led to narrowing of attentional focus 17 subjects responded to a verbal 5-choice RT task while pedalling to exhaustion. Increased heart rates with increased physical stress (bicycle resistance increased) was not associated with narrowing of attention. When heart rates were 160 and 180 bpm, RTs to stimuli peripherally located to the right were slower than central ones. Further evaluation is required.