Cognitive Performance Degradation on Sonar Operator and Torpedo Data Control Unit Operator after One Night of Sleep Deprivation

Abstract

The objective of this thesis was to examine whether or not relatively short period of sleep deprivation will degrade cognitive skills. Using the Position Anlaysis Questionnaire (PAQ) two critical submarine jobs were analyzed to reveal the main attributes of the jobs and then the Automated Portable Test System battery (APTS) was used to simulate these attributes. The PAQ analysis showed clearly that the cognitive skills (Estimation, Mental process and decision making) were essential for these jobs (i.e., Torpedo Data Control Unit operator and Sonar operator jobs). The results showed that subjects were highly sensitive to the sleep loss and their cognitive performance degraded as a function of 36 hours of sleep deprivation and time of sleep deprivation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1985
Accession Number
ADA161195

Entities

People

  • Mert Kiziltan

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cognitive Workload
  • Human Behavior
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Performance Tests
  • Information Processing
  • Job Analysis
  • Mental Processes
  • Naval Personnel
  • Navy
  • Performance Tests
  • Personality
  • Psychophysiology
  • Schools
  • Side Effects
  • Sleep Deprivation
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Occupational Health and Safety.
  • Regression Analysis.