Visual Neglect: Occurrence and Patterns in Pilots in a Simulated Overnight Flight

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 4 SEC. I, 2004, Pages 323-332

  Russo, Michael B ^a   Sing, Helen ^b   Santiago, Saul ^c   Kendall, Athena P ^b   Johnson, Dagny ^b   Thorne, David ^b   Escolas, Sandra M ^b   Holland, Dwight ^c   Hall, Stanley ^b   Redmond, Daniel ^b  

^a U S ARMY AEROMEDICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^c McGuire Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

Fatigue; Impairment; Neglect; Neurology; Performance; Sleep deprivation; Sleep restriction; Vision

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRPLANE PILOT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FLIGHT; HUMAN; MALE; NIGHT; PHOTOSTIMULATION; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL DEPRIVATION; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL STIMULATION; VISUAL SYSTEM; WAKEFULNESS;

AIRCRAFT; AVIATION; BRAIN; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 11144355892     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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