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Vigilance and Fatigue

Year: 2016

Type: article

Abstract: Many everyday tasks, such as driving and reading technical reports, require sustained attention. These tasks may deplete attentional resources and/or lead to mind wandering, boredom and fatigue – cognitive states that result in impaired performance. Numerous competing theories exist to explain these performance decrements. In this panel, we will examine perspectives from both the fatigue and vigilance literatures, identifying points of common ground and differences in an attempt to further understand the underpinnings of performance decrements in tasks that require sustained attention. Experts in the interrelated yet frequently viewed as disparate areas of fatigue and vigilance are brought together to forge new theoretical ground.

Source: Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting

DOI: 10.1177/1541931213601361

Authors: Jesse Eisert, Francesco Di Nocera, Carryl Baldwin, John Lee, J. Stephen Higgins, William S. Helton, Peter Hancock

Institutions: George Mason University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Canterbury, University of Central Florida

Language: English

Topic: Mind wandering and attention

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2516983974

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Cites: 19

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10