Longitudinal changes in critical flicker fusion frequency: An indicator of human workload

Ergonomics

Volumn 48, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1770-1792

  Łuczak, Anna ^a   Sobolewski, Andrzej ^a  

^a National Research Institute   (Poland)

Author keywords

CFFF; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; FLICKERING; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; PHARMACODYNAMICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION FREQUENCY (CFFF); HUMAN WORKLOAD; SEASONAL CHANGES;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL FLICKER FUSION; DATA ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OSCILLATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SUNLIGHT; THEORETICAL STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; FATIGUE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS; VISION TESTS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 30844433736     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130500241753     Document Type: Article

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