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Event Rate as a Moderator Variable for Vigilance: Implications for Performance-Feedback and Stress

Siraj, Tazeen
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1191856419

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2007, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Psychology.
Using a simulated air-traffic control display, this experiment examined the effects of the rate of cascade of the stimulus events to be scrutinized for the presence of critical signals – the background event rate – on the ability of observers to benefit from knowledge of results (KR) concerning the efficiency of their performance in a 40-min vigilance task and upon their stress reactions to that task. KR stabilized detection probability over time and enhanced the speed of signal detections in the context of a slow event rate (5 events/min) but not a fast event rate (40 events/min). Additionally, the stress profile, as measured by the Dundee Stress State Questionnaire (Matthews et al., 1999), was more severe in the context of the fast event rate. The results confirm and extend previous findings that event rate is a key moderator variable in the study of vigilance.
Dr. Joel Warm (Advisor)
92 p.
Vigilance; Knowledge of Results; Event rate

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  • Siraj, T. (2007). Event Rate as a Moderator Variable for Vigilance: Implications for Performance-Feedback and Stress [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1191856419

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Siraj, Tazeen. Event Rate as a Moderator Variable for Vigilance: Implications for Performance-Feedback and Stress. 2007. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1191856419.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Siraj, Tazeen. "Event Rate as a Moderator Variable for Vigilance: Implications for Performance-Feedback and Stress." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2007. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1191856419

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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