Relations between heart rate, reaction speed, and subjective effort at different work loads on a bicycle ergometer.
The hypothesis concerning an inverted-U relationship between activation and performance was examined by comparing the performance of 25 subjects in a choice-reaction task at five different work loads on a bicycle ergometer. Heart rate was used as an index of activation. The results were in full agreement with the hypothesis, performance being more efficient at a medium activation level than at high and low levels.
D000328:Adult; D006339:Heart Rate; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009119:Muscle Contraction; D005082:Physical Exertion; D011930:Reaction Time