Smith A P, Tyrrell D A, Al-Nakib W, Coyle K B, Donovan C B, Higgins P G, Willman J S
MRC Perceptual and Cognitive Performance Unit, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK.
Neuropsychobiology. 1987;18(3):144-8. doi: 10.1159/000118408.
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.
在两项研究中，实验性诱发的感冒减缓了连续反应任务中的反应速度。在疾病的潜伏期，反应也较慢，这表明在此类任务中的表现可用于预测后续疾病。没有明显临床疾病但在病毒攻击后IgG显著升高的志愿者，其表现也出现了变化。与连续反应任务不同，感冒和亚临床感染均未损害检测任务的表现。
