Performance, Recovery and Man-Machine Effectiveness.

Abstract

The project is concerned with the assessment of human performance and recovery capabilities under relatively long duration conditions (two hours or more). Varying work/rest schedules and environments are among the variables manipulated, and the results relate to the doctrine of continuous operations. During this reporting period, a report was prepared describing the results of a study of 8 and 16 hours of continuous work; experiments were continued to ascertain the effects of methyl scoppolmine on (animal) response decrements; a report was begun on the relation between circadian rhythms and performance on a physical loading task; and research continued on heat stress limits for sedentary operations. Three papers were presented at meetings, three published, three accepted for publication, and four were submitted. This progress report contains a list of 27 topics of potential military relevance derived from the studies conducted from 1968 to the present. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1973
Accession Number
AD0757716

Entities

People

  • Richard A. Dudek

Organizations

  • Texas Tech University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Circadian Rhythms
  • Doctrine
  • Environment
  • Motor Skills
  • Recovery

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.