The effects of background noise on cognitive performance during a 70 hour simulation of conditions aboard the International Space Station

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 3-16

  Smith, David G ^a   Baranski, J V ^a   Thompson, M M ^a   Abel, S M ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive performance; Noise; Space station

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERBARISM; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MOOD; MOTIVATION; PERSONALITY TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SPACE FLIGHT; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; TIME;

ADULT; AFFECT; ASTRONAUTS; ATTENTION; COGNITION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NOISE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACECRAFT; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0742289500     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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