Effects of work in a hot environment on repeated performances of multiple types of simple mental tasks

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-81

  O'Neal, E K ^a   Bishop, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Cooling vest; Heat; Industrial workers; Simple mental task impairment

Indexed keywords

AFTER-HEAT; BEFORE AND AFTER; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE; COGNITIVE TESTS; COOLING VESTS; CORE TEMPERATURE; COST-EFFICIENT; HEAT EXPOSURE; HEAVY WORKLOADS; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; INDUSTRIAL SETTINGS; INDUSTRIAL WORKERS; LOWER CORRELATION; MENTAL TASKS; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REPEATED APPLICATION; RISKY BEHAVIORS; SHORT PERIODS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TERMINATION CRITERIA; WORK ENVIRONMENTS; WORK TIME;

ACCIDENTS; BRAIN; COOLING; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

STATISTICAL TESTS;

ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORE TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT STRESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL TASK; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERMAL EXPOSURE; WORK; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 71649100313     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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