Workshift and Antihistamine Effects on Task Performance.

Abstract

Sixteen male subjects, well trained on a battery of cognitive performance assessment tasks, participated in a study to Investigate the effects on human operator performance of work shift (Day Shift vs. Mid shift), a specific antihistamine drug (4 mg of ChlorTrimeton(registered) brand chlorpheniramine maleate), and time on task accompanying three successive drug doses spaced every four hours. Five performance tasks, two work sample tasks, and four subjective scales were included in the study. In summary, chlorpheniramine maleate alone had a strong negative influence on a wide range of task performance and mood measures. There was a rather complex relationship between work shift and time on the shift such that performance and mood during the Day Shift tended to get better and during the Mid shift tended to get worse. No evidence was found that chlorpheniramine maleate and work shift combine to produce a multiplicative effect.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1997
Accession Number
ADA340510

Entities

People

  • Kirby Gilliland
  • Robert E. Schlegel
  • Thomas E. Nesthus

Organizations

  • University of Oklahoma

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Aviation Accidents
  • Central Nervous System
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nervous System
  • Pharmacology
  • Psychology
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Psychophysiology
  • Reaction Time
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • Test Facilities

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience

Technology Areas

  • Space