System response time and readiness for task execution the optimum duration of inter-task delays

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 265-280

  Kohlisch, Olaf ^a,b   Kuhmann, Werner ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

^c Institut für Psychologie   (United States)

Author keywords

Psychophysiological responses; Readiness for task execution; Self assessment; System response time; Task performance

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; JOB ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PRESSURE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

OPTIMUM DURATION; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSES; READINESS FOR TASK EXECUTION; SELF ASSESSMENT; SYSTEM RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BOREDOM; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; SELF EVALUATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WRITING;

EID: 0031105470     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397188143     Document Type: Article

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