Mild hypohydration increases the frequency of driver errors during a prolonged, monotonous driving task

Physiology and Behavior

Volumn 147, Issue , 2015, Pages 313-318

  Watson, Phillip ^a,b   Whale, Andrew ^a   Mears, Stephen A ^a   Reyner, Louise A ^a   Maughan, Ronald J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Dehydration; Fluid balance; Road traffic accident

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; ALCOHOL BLOOD LEVEL; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAR DRIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEHYDRATION; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM OSMOLALITY; SIMULATION; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THIRST; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE OSMOLALITY; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; OSMOLARITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; BODY MASS INDEX; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEHYDRATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROOCULOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; URINE; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929319304     PISSN: 00319384     EISSN: 1873507X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.04.028     Document Type: Article

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