Effect of Low Humidity on Human Performance.

Abstract

Human volunteers were trained to high levels of proficiency on three tasks involving various degrees of psychomotor and cognitive skills. Environments of 0.5-mm. water vapor pressure and/or simulated 8,000-ft. barometric pressure had no adverse effects on performance during four 36-hour chamber exposures. Systematic day-night variations were found for Multidimensional Pursuit tracking skill and self-ratings of subjective fatigue. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 1973
Accession Number
AD0756835

Entities

People

  • James C. Noah
  • James F. Sanford Iii
  • Peter H. Henry
  • William F. Storm

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Barometric Pressure
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Climate
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Environment
  • Humidity
  • Low Humidity
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Motor Skills
  • Vapor Pressure
  • Vapors
  • Volunteers
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Mathematics or Statistics