The effect of mental workload on the intensity and emotional dynamics of perceived exertion

  1. Cárdenas Vélez, David
  2. Perales López, José César
  3. Chirosa Ríos, Luis Javier
  4. Conde González, José
  5. Aguilar Martínez, Daniel
  6. Araya, Sergio
Revista:
Anales de psicología

ISSN: 0212-9728,  1695-2294

Ano de publicación: 2013

Volume: 29

Número: 3

Páxinas: 662-673

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.6018/ANALESPS.29.3.175801 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR

Outras publicacións en: Anales de psicología

Resumo

Perceived exertion, as measured by psychometric scales, has been proven to be a valid tool to assess training load, and to highly corre-late with physiological and mechanical dimensions of physical effort. How-ever, little is known about the emotional correlates of exertion, and how perceived exertion is influenced by mental workload. In the two experi-ments reported here, ratings of perceived exertion (RPE) were found to be significantly influenced by mental workload (generated by means of a cog-nitive task, unrelated to, but temporally overlapping with the physical task) during active recovery after exhausting exercise, but not during incremental exercise. Importantly, perceived exertion was found to strongly correlate with reported emotional/hedonic valence, but not so tightly with reported arousal. These findings strengthen the motivational value of perceived ex-ertion, and its linkage to other psychological constructs

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