Cognitive paralysis in an emergency: The role of the supervisory attentional system

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 134-136

  Leach, John ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive paralysis; Supervisory attentional system; Survival psychology

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COGNITIVE PARALYSIS; DISASTER; EMERGENCY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGY; RESPONSE TIME; REVIEW; STEREOTYPY; SUPERVISORY ATTENTIONAL SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; VICTIM; WITNESS;

COGNITION; EMERGENCIES; ESCAPE REACTION; HUMANS; REACTION TIME; SURVIVAL;

EID: 12944257295     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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