The influence of sustained attention on Railway accidents

Edkins, Graham; Pollock, Clare

doi:10.1016/s0001-4575(97)00033-x

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“…These results appear to confirm the suggestions made in a number of studies that operator performance in CCTV is less than ideal Donald et al, 2007;Edkins and Pollock, 1997;Keval and Sasse, 2006;Wells et al, 2006), although the standards for 'satisfactory' detection have not been defined. Previous research has found mixed results for CCTV effectiveness (Greenberg and Roush, 2009;Keval and Sasse, 2006;Wells et al, 2006;Welsh and Farrington, 2002).…”

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confidence: 86%

Work exposure and vigilance decrements in closed circuit television surveillance

Donald

Thatcher

2015

Applied Ergonomics

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Section: Resultssupporting

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Work exposure and vigilance decrements in closed circuit television surveillance

Donald

Thatcher

2015

Applied Ergonomics

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“…If this is the case, then it might be beneficial for therapies to include attention training as a foundation for other types of behavior modification (e.g., tonic and phasic attention training; DeGutis & Van Vleet, 2010). Beyond modulating and potentially improving treatment outcomes, sustained attention abilities have been associated with multiple aspects of daily living and functional outcomes including academic achievement (Steinmayr, Ziegler, & Träuble, 2010), driver safety and accidents (Edkins & Pollock, 1997; Yanko & Spalek, 2014), and the ability to develop effective social communication skills (Bennett Murphy, Laurie‐Rose, Brinkman, & McNamara, 2007). Additionally, recent developments have suggested that sustained attention ability may provide a gating mechanism that helps to preserve general cognitive abilities during neurodegeneration associated with aging (Robertson, 2013, 2014; Wilson et al., 2013).…”

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Interpersonal early‐life trauma alters amygdala connectivity and sustained attention performance

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IntroductionInterpersonal early life trauma (I‐ELT) is associated with a myriad of functional impairments in adulthood, increased risk of drug addiction, and neuropsychiatric disorders. While deficits in emotional regulation and amygdala functioning are well characterized, deficits in general cognitive functioning have also been documented. However, the neural underpinnings of cognitive dysfunction in adults with a history of I‐ELT and the potential relationship between amygdala‐based functional connectivity and behavioral performance are currently poorly understood. This study examined how I‐ELT affects the cognitive and neural mechanisms supporting sustained attention.MethodsA total of 66 Veterans (18 with and 48 without a history of I‐ELT) completed a nonemotional sustained attention task during functional MRI.ResultsThe individuals with I‐ELT showed significant impairments in sustained attention (i.e., higher error rates, greater response variability). This cohort exhibited increased amygdala functional connectivity with the prefrontal cortex and decreased functional connectivity with the parahippocampal gyrus when compared to those without I‐ELT. These connections were significantly correlated with individual differences in sustained attention performance. Notably, classification analyses revealed that the pattern of amygdala connectivity across the whole brain was able to classify I‐ELT status with 70% accuracy.ConclusionThese results provide evidence of a lasting negative impact for those with a history of I‐ELT on sustained attention ability. They also highlight a critical role for amygdala functioning in cognitive control and sustained attention for those with a history of I‐ELT, which may underlie the observed attention deficits in clinical assessments and cognitive tests involving both emotional and nonemotional stimuli.

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“…Under adverse light conditions or in bends, an eyeblink alone would be sufficient to miss the status of an important signal. In an analysis of over 100 Australian railway accidents, Edkins and Pollock (1997) identified that expectation of a green signal was a common cause for drivers going through a red signal. We seem to be fast to process stimuli we are expecting or for which we are just assessing whether we are expecting them.…”

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Expectation mismatch: Differences between self-generated and cue-induced expectations

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Schwager

Umbach

et al. 2014

Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

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The influence of sustained attention on Railway accidents

Cited by 140 publications

References 12 publications

Work exposure and vigilance decrements in closed circuit television surveillance

Work exposure and vigilance decrements in closed circuit television surveillance

Interpersonal early‐life trauma alters amygdala connectivity and sustained attention performance

Expectation mismatch: Differences between self-generated and cue-induced expectations

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