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Document ID (ISN)62617
CIS number 94-1443
ISSN - Serial title 0018-7208 - Human Factors
Year 1993
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Galinsky T.L., Rosa R.R., Warm J.S., Dember W.N.
Title Psychophysical determinants of stress in sustained attention
Bibliographic information Dec. 1993, Vol.35, No.4, p.603-614. 48 ref.
Abstract The effects of the sensory modality of signals (audition and vision) and the background event rate (5 and 40 events/min) on task-induced stress were examined for a group of 40 subjects. Restlessness and subjective fatigue increased dramatically across a 50-min watch in all conditions. Stress effects were most notable in the case of visual monitoring but were unrelated to variations in the event rate. Hence, from a psychophysical perspective, the stress of sustained attention seems to be identified more specifically with the sensory modality of signals rather than with the event rate context in which they appear.
Descriptors (primary) mental stress; vigilance tasks
Descriptors (secondary) stress evaluation
Document type D - Periodical articles
Country / State or ProvinceUSA
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Vigilance
Mental stress and burnout