TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1999//
TI  - A new visual performance test offers new variables for assessing daytime vigilance: short pauses in performance
JO  - Behavior research methods, instruments, and computers
A1  - Jokinen, T.
A1  - Saarenpää-Heikkilä, O.
A1  - Laippala, P.
SP  - 122
EP  - 128
VL  - 31
IS  - 1
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0743-3808
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -