@article{ref1,
title="A new visual performance test offers new variables for assessing daytime vigilance: short pauses in performance",
journal="Behavior research methods, instruments, and computers",
year="1999",
author="Jokinen, T. and Saarenpää-Heikkilä, O. and Laippala, P.",
volume="31",
number="1",
pages="122-128",
abstract="A new visual performance test, VigiMouse, was evaluated with the aid of 6 volunteering pediatry residents. The results were compared with a visual analogue scale in differentiating four different states: mild sleep deprivation, low blood alcohol level, a combination of both, and the normal state. A normal night shift at a busy pediatric ward was chosen to represent sleep deprivation. A new set of parameters based on short pauses in performance proved to be more sensitive in detecting small changes in performance than parameters based on reaction times.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0743-3808",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}