HUMAN INFORMATION PROCESSING UNDER VARYING TASK DEMAND

Experiments on the rate of human information transmission show that the relationship between performance and demand depends upon time history of demand; beyond overload, performance does not recover at the expected rate as demand is reduced. The resulting 'hysteresis' effect increases after moderate doses of alcohol. Some implications of these results in real-life situations are discussed. (A) /TRRL/

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• Corporate Authors:

  Purdue University/Indiana Department of Transportation JHRP

  Purdue University, School of Civil Engineering
  West Lafayette, IN  United States  47907-1284
• Authors:
  • Cumming, R W
  • CROFT, P G
• Publication Date: 1973

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 581-586
• Serial:
  • Ergonomics
  • Volume: 16
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISSN: 0014-0139
  • EISSN: 1366-5847
  • Serial URL: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/terg20

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Audible warning devices; Demand; Driver performance; Drivers; Hearings; Human factors; Hysteresis; Information management; Information, data, and knowledge; Motor skills; Oversize loads; Personnel performance; Psychological aspects; Psychology; Signals
• Uncontrolled Terms: Overloads
• Old TRIS Terms: Audible warnings
• ITRD Terms: 7347: Alcohol; 585: Aural signal; 2081: Hearing; 2257: Human factor; 2255: Psychology; 2205: Skill (road user)
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Railroads; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00099708
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 29 1976 12:00AM