Effects of cold air stress on the performance of a command and control task

Human Factors

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 130-141

  Van Orden, Karl F ^a,c,d   Benoit, Sandra L ^a,e,f   Osga, Glenn A ^b,g  

^a Naval Submarine Base New London   (United States)

^b Naval Command   (United States)

^c NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory   (United States)

^f EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE LEVELS; COLD AIR STRESS; COLD EXPOSURE; COMMAND AND CONTROL WARFARE TASK; ELEVATED HEART RATE; TACTICAL SITUATION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COLD EFFECTS; COMMAND AND CONTROL SYSTEMS; MILITARY OPERATIONS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD TOLERANCE; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; WAR;

EID: 0030111058     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872096778940796     Document Type: Article

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