Decision Making Under High Thermal Stress. Report Number 1. An Annotated Bibliography on Environmental Stressors and Behavior.

Abstract

This research will study the effects of exposure to the stressors of a simulated survival shelter on decision making. A proposed 5 year effort is summarized that involves a literature search, the development of a test battery to assess the decision making skill, tests in simulated shelters, and the development of strategies to assist in the decision making process. Corollary efforts involve the use of the bicycle ventilating device for charging nickel-cadmium dry cell batteries and relationship between shelter occupant density and shelter occupant numbers. This, the first report of the project, contains an annotated bibliography of the research on the effects upon behavior, of the stressors of temperature, crowding, sleep disturbances, panic, stress, and anxiety. In addition, a survey was conducted which identified 93 problem areas for the survival shelter occupant. These fell equally into three main categories: survival shelter, personal, and environment.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1982
Accession Number
ADA119136

Entities

People

  • Frederick H. Rohles Jr.
  • Rachel J. Krohn
  • Stephan A. Konz

Organizations

  • Kansas State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • C4I

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Bibliographies
  • Command And Control
  • Contracts
  • Department Of Homeland Security
  • Emergencies
  • Emergency Response
  • Environment
  • Fallout Shelters
  • Illumination
  • Leadership
  • Literature Surveys
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Social Sciences
  • Thermal Stresses
  • Training
  • Universities

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.