Ready or not: Enhancing operational effectiveness through use of readiness measures

Aviation Space and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 78, Issue 5 II, 2007, Pages

  Cosenzo, Keryl A ^a   Fatkin, Linda T ^a   Patton, Debra J ^a  

^a U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognition; Cognitive readiness; Decision making; Performance; Personality; Salivary amylase; Stress

Indexed keywords

ARMY; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; COGNITION; PERFORMANCE; READINESS; UNITED STATES;

AMYLASES; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SALIVA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248152049     PISSN: 00956562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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