Effects of reduced oxygen partial pressure on cognitive performance in confined spaces

Military Psychology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-168

  Linde, Lena ^a   Gustafsson, Christina ^a   Örnhagen, Hans ^a  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ADULT; AIR QUALITY CONTROL; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MILITARY MEDICINE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; ANOXIA; ATMOSPHERE; ATMOSPHERE EXPOSURE CHAMBERS; BODY TEMPERATURE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; HUMANS; MALE; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SUBMARINE MEDICINE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031305865     PISSN: 08995605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327876mp0902_3     Document Type: Article

References (24)

1. Baddeley, A. D. (1968). A 3 min reasoning test based on grammatical transformations. Psychonomic Science, 10, 341-342.
2. Blake, M. J. F. (1967). Time of day effects on performance in a range of tasks. Psychonomic Science, 9, 349-350.
3. Crow, T. J., & Kelman, G. R. (1971). Effect of mild acute hypoxia on human short-term memory. British Journal of Anaesthesia, 43, 548-552.
4. Denison, D. M., Ledwith, F., & Poulton, E. C. (1966). Complex reaction times at simulated cabin altitudes of 5,000 feet and 8,000 feet. Aerospace Medicine, 37, 1010-1013.
5. Farmer, E. W., Lupa, H. T., Dunlop, F., & McGowan, J. F. (1991). Task learning under mild hypoxia. In J. R. Sutton, G. Coates, & C. S. Houston (Eds.), Hypoxia and mountain medicine: Proceedings of the 7th International Hypoxia Symposium at Lake Louise, Canada (pp. 1-8). Burlington, VT: Queen City Printers.
6. Folkard, S., Knauth, P., Monk, T. H., & Rutenfranz, J. (1976). The effect of memory load on the circadian variation in performance efficiency under a rapidly rotating shift system. Ergonomics, 19, 479-488.
7. Fowler, B., Elcombe, D. D., Kelso, B., & Porlier, G. (1987). The threshold for hypoxia effects on perceptual-motor performance. Human Factors, 29, 61-66.
8. Fowler, B., Paul, M., Porlier, G., Elcombe, D. D., & Taylor, M. (1985). A re-evaluation of the minimum altitude at which hypoxic performance decrements can be detected. Ergonomics, 28, 781-791.
9. Fowler, B., Prlic, H., & Brabant, M. (1994). Acute hypoxia fails to influence two aspects of short-term memory: Implications for the source of cognitive deficits. Aviation, Space Environmental Medicine, 65, 641-645.
10. Fröberg, J. E. (1979). Performance in tasks differing in memory load and its relationship with habitual activity phase and body temperature (FOA Rep. No. C 52002-H6). Stockholm: National Defence Research Establishment.
11. Green, R. G., & Morgan, D. R. (1985). The effects of mild hypoxia on a logical reasoning task. Aviation, Space Environmental Medicine, 56, 1004-1008.
12. Gustafsson, C., Linde, L., Gennser, M., & Örnhagen, H. (1994). Cognitive, psychomotor, and physical performance in normobaric hypoxia. In M. Cimcit (Ed.), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Meeting of European Undersea Baromedical Society (pp. 280-285). Istanbul, Turkey: Hyperbaric Medicine and Research Center.
13. Kennedy, R. S., Dunlap, W. P., Banderet, L. E., Smith, M. G., & Houston, C. S. (1989). Cognitive performance deficits in a simulated climb of Mount Everest: Operation Everest II. Aviation, Space Environmental Medicine, 60, 99-104.
14. Knight, D. R., Schlichting, C. L., Fulco, C. S., & Cymerman, A. (1990). Mental performance during submaximal exercise in 13 and 17% oxygen. Undersea Biomedical Research, 17, 223-230.
15. Linde, L. (1995). Mental effects of caffeine in fatigued and non-fatigued female and male subjects. Ergonomics, 38, 864-885.
16. Linde, L., & Bergström, M. (1992). The effect of one night without sleep on problem-solving and immediate recall. Psychological Research, 54, 127-136.
17. McCarthy, D., Corban, R., Legg, S., & Faris, J. (1995). Effects of mild hypoxia on perceptual-motor performance: A signal-detection approach. Ergonomics, 38, 1979-1992.
18. Paul, M. A., & Fraser, W. D. (1994). Performance during mild acute hypoxia. Aviation, Space Environmental Medicine, 65, 891-899.
19. Raven, J. C., Court, J. H., & Raven, J. (1983). Section 4: Advanced progressive matrices Sets I and II. In J. C. Raven, J. H. Court, & J. Raven (Eds.), Manual for Raven's Progressive Matrices and Vocabulary Scales (pp. APM1-APM28). London: Lewis.
20. Regard, M., Landis, T., Casey, J., Maggiorini, M., Bartsch, P., & Oelz, O. (1991). Cognitive changes at high altitude in healthy climbers and in climbers developing acute mountain sickness. Aviation, Space Environmental Medicine, 62, 291-295.
21. Roach, R., & Loeppky, J. A. (1995). Does hypobaria play a role in the development of the high altitude illness? In J. R. Sutton, C. S. Houston, & G. Coates (Eds.), Hypoxia and the brain: Proceedings of the 9th International Hypoxia Symposium at Lake Louise, Canada (pp. 277-283). Burlington, VT: Queen City Printers.
22. Sampson, J. B., Cymerman, A., Burse, R. L., Maher, J. T., & Rock, P. B. (1983). Procedures for the measurement of acute mountain sickness. Aviation, Space Environmental Medicine, 54, 1063-1073.
23. Shukitt, B. L., Burse, R. L., Banderet, L. E., Knight, D. R., & Cymerman, A. (1988). Cognitive performance, mood states, and altitude symptomatology in 13-21% oxygen environments (Rep. No. T18-88). Natick, MA: U.S. Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine.
24. Wallenstein, S., Zucker, C. L., & Fleiss, J. L. (1980). Some statistical methods useful in circulation research. Circulation Research, 47, 1-9.