Sustained Attention in the Mentally Retarded: The Vigilance Pradigm

Warm, Joel S.; Berch, Daniel B.

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“…This decline in efficiency is known as the vigilance decrement or the decrement function. It has been confirmed repeatedly in many investigations and is the most ubiquitous finding in vigilance research (Davies & Parasuraman, 1982;See, Howe, Warm, & Dember, 1995;Warm, 1984;. The decrement function has been found among experienced monitors, as in Mackworth's seminal experiments, as well as in inexperienced monitors.…”

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“…As Sheridan (1970Sheridan ( , 1987 has noted, the expanded use of automation in our technological society has altered the role of the human operator in many work settings from that of active, hands-on controller to that of monitor-executive who must attend to displays and take action only in the event of imminent problems. Thus, operator vigilance is a vital aspect of system function in a variety of activities, including air-traffic control, cockpit monitoring, and industrial process and quality control (Satchell, 1993;Warm, 1984Warm, , 1993Wickens, 1992). Vigilance is also a crucial element of performance efficiency in many medical settings, including cytological screening and the inspection of anesthesia gauges during surgery (Gill, 1996;Weinger & Englund, 1990).…”

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Tests of vigilance taxonomy.

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Dember²

1998

Viewing Psychology as a Whole: the Integrative Science of William N. Dember.

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cientists are often depicted as pursuing their quest for knowledge in S splendid isolation. But these days, progress in science is more likely to be achieved through cooperative effort. This is certainly true in the case of our long-time association at the University of Cincinnati. We began our two decades of collaboration in the revision (Dember &Warm, 1979) of William Dember's ( 1960) book, The Psychology of Perception. Systematic research collaboration on the topic of vigilance started in the early 1980s with our joint supervision of master's theses by Ronald Sprague (1981) and John Bowers (1982). Those successful endeavors set the model for a substantial number of research projects on vigilance, as well as other topics, in which we served together on undergraduate or graduate students' thesis or doctoral dissertation committees. Many of these projects were sponsored by grants that we jointly received from federal and corporate sources. This chapter represents the third component in a trilogy of reports summarizing our research on vigilance. Previous summaries described our work on the role of olfactory stimulation in vigilance (Dember, Warm, & Parasuraman, 1995) and the perceived mental workload associated with vigilance performance (Warm, Dember, & Hancock, 1996). Here we focus 87

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confidence: 99%

Tests of vigilance taxonomy.

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1998

Viewing Psychology as a Whole: the Integrative Science of William N. Dember.

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V focus their attention and remain alert for relatively long periods of time (Davies & Parasuraman, 1982;Warm, 1984). Numerous studies have shown that one's ability to detect signals drops rapidly from the onset and then often stabilizes at a lower level for the remainder of the vigil (Davies

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What's so boring about vigilance?

Scerbo

1998

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“…The psychophysics of vigilance involves specifying the stimulus characteristics that influence performance. Psychophysical determinants of vigilance performance include the sensory modality of signals, the signal conspicuity or salience, stimulus uncertainty, the characteristics of the background events, and stimulus complexity (Jerison, 1959;Warm & Berch, 1985). Sensory modality, signal salience, nature of the background events, and stimulus complexity have been termed first-order factors because they involve immediate physical properties of the stimulus.…”

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Vigilance: A Review of the Literature and Applications to Sentry Duty

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2014

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Vigilance, or sustained attention, involves the ability to maintain focus and remain alert for prolonged periods of time. Problems associated with the ability to sustain attention were first identified in real-world combat situations during World War II, and they continue to abound and evolve as new and different types of situations requiring vigilance arise. This paper provides a review of the vigilance literature that describes the primary psychophysical, task, environmental, pharmacological, and individual factors that impact vigilance performance. The paper also describes how seminal findings from vigilance research apply specifically to the task of sentry duty. The strengths and weaknesses of a human sentry and options to integrate human and automated functions for vigilance tasks are discussed. Finally, techniques that may improve vigilance performance for sentry duty tasks are identified.

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Sustained Attention in the Mentally Retarded: The Vigilance Pradigm

Cited by 14 publications

References 136 publications

Tests of vigilance taxonomy.

Tests of vigilance taxonomy.

What's so boring about vigilance?

Vigilance: A Review of the Literature and Applications to Sentry Duty

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