EFFECTS OF SMOKING UPON SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE IN A SIMULATED DRIVING TASK

THE EFFECTS OF SMOKING UPON PERFORMANCE DURING SUSTAINED OPERATION OF A SIMULATED DRIVING DEVICE WERE DETERMINED. SUBJECTS WERE ASSIGNED TO A NONSMOKER GROUP, A SMOKER GROUP, OR A DEPRIVED SMOKER GROUP. THEY OPERATED THE DRIVING DEVICE FOR SIX CONSECUTIVE HOURS. MEASURES OF TRACKING ERROR, REACTION TIME AND VIGILANCE PERFORMANCE WERE OBTAINED. IN ADDITION, ALL SUBJECTS COMPLETED A NOWLIS MOOD SCALE BEFORE AND AFTER THE TEST SESSION. RESULTS SHOWED NO SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS IN THE VARIOUS MEASURES INVOLVED IN THE DRIVING DEVICE. DEPRIVED SMOKERS, HOWEVER, SHOWED SIGNIFICANTLY MORE TRACKING ERROR AND VIGILANCE ERRORS THAN SUBJECTS IN THE OTHER GROUPS. DATA FROM THE MOOD SCALE SUGGEST THAT SMOKING MAY HAVE AN INFLUENCE ON MOOD CHANGE.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 142, pp 295-307, 4 FIG, 1 TAB, 23 REF
• Corporate Authors:

  Annals of The New York Academy of Sciences

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• Authors:
  • Heimstra, N W
  • Bancroft, N R
  • DEKOCK, A R
• Publication Date: 1967-3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Driver performance; Drivers; Impacts; Personnel performance; Reaction time; Smoke; Tracking systems
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Tracking
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00220566
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Nat Safety Council Safety Res Info Serv
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jan 5 1970 12:00AM