Effects of mild hypoxia on perceptual-motor performance: a signal-detection approach

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Deutscher übersetzter Titel:Auswirkungen von geringfuegiger Hypoxie auf die sensomotorische Leistungsfaehigkeit: Untersuchung mittels Signalerkennungsmethode
Autor:McCarthy, D.; Corban, R.; Legg, S.; Faris, J.
Erschienen in:Ergonomics
Veröffentlicht:38 (1995), 10, S.1979-1992, Lit.
Format: Literatur (SPOLIT)
Publikationstyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
Medienart: Gedruckte Ressource
Sprache:Englisch
ISSN:0014-0139, 1366-5847
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Erfassungsnummer:PU199510103323
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Twelve healthy male subjects were required to make speeded judgements concerning the orientation of visual stimuli while breathing air at reduced partial pressure in a hypobaric chamber at altitudes of 7000 and 12000 ft. A control condition was also conducted at sea level, and subjects received practice on the task at sea level prior to the commencement of the experiment. Significantly slower response times were obtained at 7000 and 12000 ft relative to sea level. A signal-detection analysis showed that accuracy of judgement was significantly poorer at 12000 ft, but oxygen deprivation has no systematic effect on response criterion. Verf.-Referat