Investigation of task performance variations according to task requirements and alertness across the 24-h day in shift workers

Ergonomics

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1338-1351

  Galy, E ^a   Melan C ^a   Cariou, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Alertness; Memory tasks; Non verbal discrimination; Reaction time; Shift workers

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; COGNITIVE PROCESSING; EXOGENOUS FACTORS; MEMORY TASKS; NON-VERBAL DISCRIMINATION; PERFORMANCE VARIATIONS; REACTION TIME; SHIFT-WORKERS; SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCES; TIME OF DAY;

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; OPERATOR; REACTION TIME; RECALL; RECOGNITION; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WAKEFULNESS; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 52749083861     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130802120218     Document Type: Article

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