Validation of the AGARD STRES battery of performance tests

Human Factors

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 347-361

  Draycott, Simon G ^a,c   Kline, Paul ^b,d  

^a Psychological Corporation   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGARD STRES BATTERY; COMPREHENSIVE ABILITY BATTERY; PERFORMANCE TESTS; REAL LIFE TASKS; SPEED FACTOR;

ABILITY TESTING; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE; STANDARDIZATION;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; MALE; MEMORY; REACTION TIME; RELIABILITY; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030175024     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872096779047977     Document Type: Article

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