Citation

Smith AP, Tyrrell DA, Al-Nakib W, Coyle KB, Donovan CB, Higgins PG, Willman JS. Neuropsychobiology 1987; 18(3): 144-148.

Affiliation

MRC Perceptual and Cognitive Performance Unit, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1987, Karger Publishers)

DOI

118408

PMID

3453430

Abstract

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.

Language: en