Effects of cueing and knowledge of results on workload and boredom in sustained attention

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 365-372

  Hitchcock, Edward M ^a   Dember, William N ^a   Warm, Joel S ^a   Moroney, Brian W ^a   See, Judi E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Logicon Technical Services Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BOREDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRODUCTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0033369508     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779610987     Document Type: Article

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