The Effects of Wearing Chemical Protective Clothing on Cognitive Problem Solving

Abstract

The present study investigated the effects of wearing various MOPP (Mission Oriented Protective Postures) levels on three cognitive problem solving tasks over 24 hours of testing. The results show that wearing MOPP level 4 significantly impairs cognitive problem solving compared to MOPP 2 and a NO-MOPP control. The impairment attributed to the MOPP 4 condition was principally in the rate of task completion in contrast to task accuracy. The rate of task completion also varied significantly as a function of both temporal and nontemporal factors. Keywords: Sustained operations, Chemical protective clothing, Cognitive performance, MOPP gear, Circadian rhythms.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 1986
Accession Number
ADA176206

Entities

People

  • Calvin Witt
  • Louis Banderet
  • Michael Golden
  • Richard Tauson
  • T. M. Rauch

Organizations

  • United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Cooled
  • Army Personnel
  • Availability
  • Biomedical Research
  • Body Temperature
  • Circadian Rhythms
  • Cooling
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Military Research
  • Pattern Recognition
  • Personnel Management
  • Protective Clothing
  • Psychology
  • Recognition
  • Thermal Stresses

Fields of Study

  • Education

Readers

  • Circadian Sleep-Wake Regulation and Chronobiology
  • Exercise and Sports Science.
  • Materials Science