Title

Combining Spatial And Temporal Task Demands: Effects On Performance, Workload, And Stress

Abstract

An experiment is described examining the effect of combining spatial and temporal task demands on performance, workload, and stress associated with perceptual discriminations at two levels of difficulty. The effect of intermittent bursts of white noise was also examined. According to the maximal adaptability model, the joint effects of task type, noise exposure, and discrimination difficulty should produce a performance decrement as well as increased perceived workload and stress. Although results conformed to expectation for task manipulation, intermittent white noise and discrimination difficulty did not have the interactive effect predicted according to the maximal adaptability model. Implications for future research are discussed.

Publication Date

12-1-2008

Publication Title

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volume

2

Number of Pages

1238-1242

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

Socpus ID

78049396510 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/78049396510

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