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The Effect of motivation on shoulder-muscle tension in attention demanding tasks

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Waersted, M.
The Effect of motivation on shoulder-muscle tension in attention demanding tasks / M. Waersted, R.A. Bjorklund, and R.H. Westgaard
Sumario: This paper evaluates motivation as a task-related factor causing the development of psychologically mediated shoulder-muscle tension. In four separate experiments using a visual display unit based complex reactiontime task, motivation was established by means of continuous feedback on the level of performance or by means of a money reward for good performance. In all experiments motivation improved the performance, but an increase in the psychogenic shoulder-muscle tension was only observed in the money-reward condition
En: Ergonomics. - London and Washington. - Vol. 37, nº 2, February 1994 ; p. 363-376
1. Ergonomía . 2. Biomecánica . 3. Fuerza muscular . 4. Extremidades superiores . 5. Motivación . I. Björklund, R.A. . II. Westgaard, R.H. . III. Title. IV. Título: Ergonomics.