A Comparison of the Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Synthetic Work Performance and a Conventional Performance Assessment Battery.
Abstract
Techniques for assessment of human cognitive performance span a broad range, from questionnaires, paper-and-pencil tests, computerized tests of cognitive and motor abilities, to simulators and field exercises. Due to the availability of powerful personal computers, recent years have seen a concentration of interest on the middle of this continuum, computerized testing in the form of performance assessment batteries or PABs (Anger, 1990; Englund, Reeves, Shingledecker, Thorne, Wilson, & Hegge, 1985; Kennedy et. al, 1981, Thorne et. al 1985). These batteries consist of tests that are each designed to measure a limited subset of abilities, in relative isolation from one another (Anger, 1990; Perez, Ramsey, Masline, & Urban, 1987). While performance on PABs is sensitive to a wide range of variables, the relationship between such effects and performance under operational conditions is sometimes difficult to characterize. At best, it can be said that if a given variable produces a decrement on PAB performance, it may degrade performance under certain operational conditions.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 01, 1995
- Accession Number
- ADA298110
Entities
People
- Frederick W. Hegge
- Karen Schlangen
- Paul Naitoh
- Tamsin Kelly
- Timothy F. Elsmore
Organizations
- Naval Health Research Center