Declines in Auditory Vigilance during Periods of High Multiple-Task Activity
- 1 June 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 16 (3) , 739-740
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1963.16.3.739
Abstract
Five, 5-man crews of AFROTC students performed an auditory-vigilance task 4 hr./day on each of 4 days while concurrently performing two other passive tasks and various combinations of three active tasks. In spite of the high level of multiple-task activity required, auditory-vigilance performance declined in the typical way during each 4-hr. duty period. This is interpreted as a demonstration of the inapplicability of an “activation-hypothesis” explanation of vigilance behavior.Keywords
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