Effects of tobacco abstinence on frontal theta and other EEG spectral components during a visual vigilance task

1996 ◽  
Author(s):  
David G. Gilbert
Keyword(s):  
Vigilance Task ◽  
Spectral Components

Two Short Tests Fail to Detect Vigilance Decrements

2001 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan Botella ◽  
María José Contreras ◽  
Pei-Chun Shih ◽  
Víctor Rubio
Keyword(s):  
Individual Differences ◽  
High Performance ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Vigilance Task ◽  
Air Traffic Controllers ◽  
Job Selection ◽  
Performance Deterioration ◽  
Short Test ◽  
Psychological Dimensions

Summary: Deterioration in performance associated with decreased ability to sustain attention may be found in long and tedious task sessions. The necessity for assessing a number of psychological dimensions in a single session often demands “short” tests capable of assessing individual differences in abilities such as vigilance and maintenance of high performance levels. In the present paper two tasks were selected as candidates for playing this role, the Abbreviated Vigilance Task (AVT) by Temple, Warm, Dember, LaGrange and Matthews (1996) and the Continuous Attention Test (CAT) by Tiplady (1992) . However, when applied to a sample of 829 candidates in a job-selection process for air-traffic controllers, neither of them showed discriminative capacity. In a second study, an extended version of the CAT was applied to a similar sample of 667 subjects, but also proved incapable of properly detecting individual differences. In short, at least in a selection context such as that studied here, neither of the tasks appeared appropriate for playing the role of a “short” test for discriminating individual differences in performance deterioration in sustained attention.

Effects of Vibrotactile Stimulation for Sustaining Performance in a Vigilance Task: A Pilot Study

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Robert Arrabito ◽  
Geoffrey Ho ◽  
Behzad Aghaei ◽  
Catherine Burns ◽  
Ming Hou
Keyword(s):  
Pilot Study ◽  
Vigilance Task ◽  
Vibrotactile Stimulation

Neuroergonomic Dynamics Associated With Spatial Uncertainty During Vigilance Task Performance

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew E. Funke ◽  
Joel S. Warm ◽  
Gerald Matthews ◽  
Gregory J. Funke ◽  
Peter Chiu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Task Performance ◽  
Vigilance Task ◽  
Spatial Uncertainty

Quantitative EEG during different levels of performance on a vigilance task

1991 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominic A. Valentino ◽  
James E. Arruda ◽  
Sherri M. Gold ◽  
Michael D. Weiler ◽  
Mary Riedford ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Vigilance Task ◽  
Quantitative Eeg ◽  
Different Levels
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