Caffeine effects on marksmanship during high-stress military training with 72 hour sleep deprivation

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 309-314

  Tharion, William J ^a   Shukitt Hale, Barbara ^a   Lieberman, Harris R ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Combat stress; Coordination; Environmental stress; Marksmanship; Military training; Motor performance; Navy SEALs; Rifle shooting; Sleep deprivation; Steadiness

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NAVY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VELOCITY; VISUAL THRESHOLD; WAR;

ADULT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; HUMANS; MALE; MARKOV CHAINS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0037382147     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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