Human Sleep Patterns and Psychomotor Performance During Exposure to Moderate Concentrations of Carbon Monoxide

Abstract

When subjects are allowed to sleep for a normal period of time in the presence of CO at a level up to 150 ppm, there is no major disruption of either their sleep patterns or subsequent psychomotor performance involving time estimation, mental arithmetic, tracking, or vigilance under either moderate or high workloads. With respect to the performance measures, no patterns were isolated which would indicate that more detailed study under the same conditions would yield any significant effects of CO exposure. Some extremely tenuous indications of possible changes in the mobility of subjects during their early stages of sleep were uncovered, and these should be investigated further.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1970
Accession Number
AD0727506

Entities

People

  • James Theodore
  • Paul M. Chikos
  • Robert D. O'donnell

Organizations

  • Air Force Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Arithmetic
  • Biomedical Research
  • Brain
  • Brain Stem
  • Carbon Monoxide
  • Central Nervous System
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Health Services
  • Monitoring
  • Motor Skills
  • Nervous System
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Public Health
  • Toxicology
  • Workload

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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  • Psychological Intervention/Treatment for Stress, Anxiety, PTSD, and Related Emotional and Cognitive Health Symptoms.