Performance Enhancement under Task Induced Stress
Abstract
The report summarizes published and unpublished research on a project investigating potentials for acute drug enhancement of performance under stress. Stressors include various task dimensions such as input pacing, memory storage requirements and competitive associations. Potentially deleterious influences from drugs, which could act to nullify enhancement gains, were also investigated. These include judgment impairment and rebound as aftermath of medication. Concurrent observations are reported for moderating influences such as individual differences, incentive motivation, fatigue, suggestion effects, stage of practice, task complexity, and association and usage frequencies of learned materials. Results suggest certain crucial task dimensions for performance enhancement or impairment by stimulant drugs. Task dimensions are also identified that moderate the impairment effects of commonly used depressant drugs such as alcohol, chlordiazepoxide and the barbiturates.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1971
- Accession Number
- AD0727621
Entities
People
- Paul M. Hurst