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Effects of Experimentally Induced Respiratory Virus Infections and Illness on Psychomotor Performance

1987; Karger Publishers; Volume: 18; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1159/000118408

1423-0224

Andrew Smith, D. A. J. Tyrrell, W. Al‐Nakib, Kieran Coyle, Chantal Donovan, Paul G. Higgins, J. S. Willman,

COVID-19 and Mental Health

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.