title: Validation of two devices for evaluation of human psychomotor performance.
abstract: The Pursuit Meter III (PM III) and the Simultaneous Hand and Foot Tracking (SHAFT) task are microcomputer-based devices for the evaluation of human psychomotor performance. Both devices are pursuit-tracking tasks. The primary task (PM III) requires a subject superimpose a line over a computer-generated sine wave. The computer wave is black and the subject's wave is red. The vertical position of the subject's wave is determined by a joystick controller. The SHAFT adds a second simultaneous tracking task (FTT) that is operated by means of a foot control. Ten naive subjects performed either device for 5 sessions/day over a three-day period. Each session consisted of 5 sweeps of the sine wave pattern. Mean performance on both tasks generally improved over the assessment period, and differential stability was reached within 10 sweeps for each device.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Kunsman
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Manno
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Przekop
authors.forename: B R
authors.initials: BR
authors.lastname: Manno
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001076:Aptitude; D001288:Attention; D001334:Automobile Driving / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010988:Play and Playthings; D011214:Practice, Psychological; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011698:Pursuit, Smooth