Earthquakes on the mind: Implications of disasters for human performance

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-194

  Helton, William S ^a   Head, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

attention; disaster; earthquake; response inhibition; stress; sustained attention; vigilance

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT TOOL; ATTENTION; ERRORS OF COMMISSIONS; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; NATURAL DISASTERS; RISK OF ACCIDENTS; STRESS RESPONSE; SUSTAINED ATTENTION; VIGILANCE;

EARTHQUAKES; ERRORS; FACE RECOGNITION; HIGHWAY ACCIDENTS; HUMAN REACTION TIME; STRESSES;

DISASTERS;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISASTER; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACCIDENTS; ATTENTION; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859365669     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811430503     Document Type: Article

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