Effects of cold strain on simulated sentry duty and marksmanship

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 4 I, 2007, Pages 399-407

  Tikuisis, Peter ^a   Keefe, Allan A ^a  

^a DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cold exposure; Identification and engagement; Shooting performance; Target detection; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AIR TEMPERATURE; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COLD AIR; COLD EXPOSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SHIVERING; SIMULATION; SOLDIER;

ADULT; ATTENTION; COLD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIREARMS; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STRESS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34247134006     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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