A strategically timed verbal task improves performance and neurophysiological alertness during fatiguing drives

Human Factors

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 453-462

  Atchley, Paul ^a   Chan, Mark ^b   Gregersen, Sabrina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^b SHENANDOAH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alertness; attention; concurrent task; countermeasures; fatigued driving; monotony

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; NEUROPHYSIOLOGY; RADAR COUNTERMEASURES;

ALERTNESS; ATTENTION; CONCURRENT TASKS; FATIGUED DRIVING; MONOTONY;

DRIVES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898936405     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720813500305     Document Type: Article

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