Cyclic variations in sustained human performance

Brain and Cognition

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 336-344

  Aue, William R ^a   Arruda, James E ^a   Kass, Steven J ^a   Stanny, Claudia J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caffeine; CPT; Driving performance; Individual performance; Periodicity; Sustained attention; Task difficulty; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BRAIN DEPTH STIMULATION; BRAIN FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CAFFEINE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERIODICITY; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 70350276167     PISSN: 02782626     EISSN: 10902147     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bandc.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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