A Neuropsychological Investigation of Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Reactivity to Verbal and Spatial Fluency Tasks: Testing a New Model of Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Regulation and Disease

One hundred twenty-six right-handed undergraduate men and women underwent physiological measurements of SBP, DBP, and HR before and after verbal and figural fluency tasks, used as stressors. Dynamic and functional cerebral regulation of cardiovascular reactivity was assessed, specifically, the role...

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Main Author: Higgins, Dane Allen
Other Authors: Psychology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/27628
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05102002-134256/