title: The Walter Reed palm-held psychomotor vigilance test.
abstract: This field-portable reaction time test and analysis software run on devices using the Palm operating system. It is designed to emulate a test and commercial device widely used in sleep deprivation, shift work, fatigue, and stimulant drug research but provides additional capabilities. Experimental comparisons with the standard commercial device in a 40-hour total sleep deprivation study show it to be comparably sensitive to selected experimental variables. A Pocket PC-compatible version is under developement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Biology, Division of Neurosciences, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 503 Robert Grant Ave., Silver Spring, MD 20910-7500, USA. david.thorne@us.army.mil
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Thorne
authors.forename: Dagny E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: Daniel P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Redmond
authors.forename: Helen C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Sing
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Belenky
authors.forename: Jordan M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Shapiro
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D034201:Computers, Handheld / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003625:Data Collection / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004867:Equipment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011589:Psychology, Experimental / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D011930:Reaction Time; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D012892:Sleep Deprivation; D012984:Software / Q000706:statistics & numerical data