Vigilance: Theory, Operational Performance, and Physiological Correlates

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction....Pages 1-25
Vigilance: Biology, Psychology, Theory, and Practice (Keynote Address)....Pages 27-40
Performance Decrement During Prolonged Night Driving....Pages 41-58
Validation of a Behavior Analysis Methodology: Variation of Vigilance in Night Driving as a Function of the Rate of Carboxyhemoglobin....Pages 59-71
Effects of Listening to Car Radio, Experience, and Personality of the Driver on Subsidiary Reaction Time and Heart Rate in a Long-term Driving Task....Pages 73-85
Comparison of Performance and Physiological Changes Between Drivers who Perform Well and Poorly During Prolonged Vehicular Operation....Pages 87-109
Circadian Performance Rhythms: Experimental Studies in Air Operations....Pages 111-132
Fatigue, Circadian Rhythm, and Truck Accidents....Pages 133-146
Neurophysiological Vigilance Indicators and Operational Analysis of a Train Vigilance Monitoring Device: A Laboratory and Field Study....Pages 147-162
Simultaneous Monitoring of a Number of Auditory Sonar Outputs....Pages 163-188
Concurrence of Electroencephalographic and Performance Changes During a Simulated Radar Watch and Some Implications for the Arousal Theory of Vigilance....Pages 189-201
Physiological, Subjective, and Performance Correlates of Reported Boredom and Monotony While Performing a Simulated Radar Control Task....Pages 203-215
The Function of Maintaining Concentration (TAF): An Approach to the Evaluation of Mental Stress....Pages 217-238
Vigilance Effects in Complex Inspection....Pages 239-262
Some EEG Correlates of Sustained Attention....Pages 263-283
Cortical Evoked Potentials and Vigilance: A Decision Theory Analysis....Pages 285-306
Physiological Correlates of Performance in a Long Duration Repetitive Visual Task....Pages 307-330
The Effects of Various Conditions on Subjective States and Critical Flicker Frequency....Pages 331-339
Vigilance and Split-Brain Research....Pages 341-359
Effects of Temporal Stressors on Vigilance and Information Processing....Pages 361-421
Arousing Stresses Increase Vigilance....Pages 423-459
Biorhythm and Watch Rhythms: Hemeral Watch Rhythm and Anhemeral Watch Rhythm in Simulated Permanent Duty....Pages 461-509
Sleep Deprivation and the Vigilance of Anesthesiologists During Simulated Surgery....Pages 511-527
Sleep Deprivation, Arousal, and Performance....Pages 529-535
A Study of the Combined Effects of Extended Driving and Heat Stress on Driver Arousal and Performance....Pages 537-558
A Taxonomic Analysis of Vigilance Performance....Pages 559-574
The Relationship Between Vigilance and Eye Movements Induced by Vestibular Stimulation....Pages 575-602
The Effect of Mental Set and States of Consciousness on Vigilance Decrement: A Systematic Exploration....Pages 603-616
The Influence of Personality and Age on the Relationship Between Vigilance Performance and Arousal Level....Pages 617-622
Psychological Processes in Sustained Attention....Pages 623-644
The Effects of Raised Signal and Noise Amplitude During the Course of Vigilance Tasks....Pages 645-663
Experiments on the Validity of Vigilance Experiments....Pages 665-678
Adaptation to Decreasing Signal Probability....Pages 679-703
Signal Detection Theory Applied to Vigilance....Pages 705-718
An Update of Findings Regarding Vigilance and a Reconsideration of Underlying Mechanisms....Pages 719-749
Back Matter....Pages 751-862