An afm investigation of the effects of acute hypoxia on mental rotation

Ergonomics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 278-284

  Lindeis, A E ^a   Nathoo, A ^a   Fowler, B ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Additive factors method (afm); Crossman's confusion function; Preprocessing; Reaction time; Stimulus identification; Vision

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; ARTERIAL OXYGEN TENSION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPOXIA; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0029986773     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139608964458     Document Type: Article

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