Investigation of lapses of consciousness using a tracking task: Preliminary results

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology - Proceedings

Volumn 26 VII, Issue , 2004, Pages 4721-4724

  Peiris, Malik T R ^a,b   Jones, Richard D ^a,b   Carroll, Grant J ^b   Bones, Philip J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alertness; Lapses of consciousness; Visuomotor tracking

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AVIATORS; CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRUCK DRIVERS; VIDEO RECORDING;

ALERTNESS; HIGH-RISK OCCUPATIONS; LAPSES OF CONSCIOUSNESS (LOC); VISUMOTOR TRACKING;

HEALTH RISKS;

EID: 11144264684     PISSN: 05891019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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