SOME REMARKS ON THE EFFECT OF DRUGS, LACK OF SLEEP AND LOUD NOISE ON HUMAN PERFORMANCE

LITERATURE ON THE EFFECTS OF SOME DRUGS, (AMPHETAMINE, HYPNOTICS, ALCOHOL), LOUD NOISE AND SLEEP LOSS ON HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND SHORT TERM MEMORY IS REVIEWED. RESULTS ARE MOST CLEAR WITH RESPECT TO AMPHETAMINE, HYPNOTICS AND LACK OF SLEEP, IN THAT AMPHETAMINE PREVENTS DETERIORATION IN LONG TERM PERFORMANCE, WHEREAS HYPNOTICS AND LACK OF SLEEP PROMOTE DETERIORATION IN SUCH TASKS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE HARDLY ANY EFFECTS ON BRIEF REPETITIVE TASKS OR INITIAL PERFORMANCE IN LONG TERM WORK. HYPNOTICS HAVE THE FURTHER EFFECT OF INHIBITING ORGANIZATIONAL ACTIVITY IN SOME TYPES OF COGNITIVE TASKS, SUCH AS DIGIT SUBSTITUTION AND MEMORY SPAN. THE STUDIES OF ALCOHOL AND NOISE PROVIDE CONFLICTING EVIDENCE WHICH SUGGESTS THAT MUCH DEPENDS ON EXPOSURE, THE SPECIFIC PROPERTIES OF THE TASK, AND THE INTERACTION WITH OTHER ABNORMAL CONDITIONS. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Psych Aspects of Driver Behavior /Neth

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• Authors:
  • Sanders, A F
  • Bunt, A A
• Publication Date: 1972

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 21 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alcohols; Driver performance; Drivers; Drugs; Drunk driving; Noise; Personnel performance; Reviews; Sleep
• Subject Areas: Environment; Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00224714
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Conf Paper
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 5 1974 12:00AM