Vigilance phenomena, cognitive workload, and fatigue.
Comments on the original record by Hancock (see record 2012-28202-001) regarding the problem of iatrogenically created psychological phenomena. This comment offers a solution to two of the problems that Hancock identified in his integrative review of vigilance research. First, the performance decrement over time that can set in within a half hour of performing a vigilance task in the laboratory is much less likely to occur in real-world conditions; performance improvements have also been noted. Second, a paradigm shift in the framing of questions and experimental designs is probably required to further research on these phenomena, which appear to grow in complexity (Hancock, 2013, p. 107).
Marquette University.
Stephen J
SJ
Guastello
D001143:Arousal / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007049:Iatrogenic Disease; D008328:Man-Machine Systems; D017603:Signal Detection, Psychological / Q000502:physiology*