Defense documentation center : Use of computers in human factors engineering. Report bibliography, Nov 58–Apr 74. Nov 1974, 227 pp; abstr in Government Reports Announcements (Report No AD/A-001 400/1GA)

• Publisher: Elsevier BV
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 108 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0003-6870
• DOI: 10.1016/0003-6870(76)90053-3

✦ Synopsis

Twenty-four male subjects performed a visual vigilance task under various temperature conditions (70, 82 and 90°F) Effective Temperature, °FET). They determined for themselves when they desired a rest from monitoring. Those subjects selecting 'long' sessions had both poorer performance scores and less accurate time estimates than their peers. The subjects in general did a poor job of relating their own thermal discomfort, drowsiness, boredom, estimates of job performance and preference for the task to their actual score and/or time on duty. No significant temperature effects were noted.