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Psychomotor vigilance task

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97: 126:(Reaction Self Test) provides the crewmembers with feedback on neurobehavioral changes in vigilant attention, state stability, and impulsivity. It aids crewmembers to objectively identify when their performance capability is degraded by various fatigue-related conditions that can occur as a result of ISS operations and time in space (e.g., acute and chronic sleep restriction, slam shifts, extravehicular activity (EVA), and residual sedation from sleep medications). The test is ideal for use in space flight because unlike other 114:), but rather to see how many times the button is not pressed when the light is on . The purpose of the PVT is to measure sustained attention, and give a numerical measure of sleepiness by counting the number of lapses in attention of the tested subject. 109:
The PVT is a simple task where the subject presses a button as soon as the light appears. The light will turn on randomly every few seconds for 5–10 minutes. The main measurement of this task is not to assess the reaction time
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Meditation acutely improves psychomotor vigilance, and may decrease sleep need. Prashant Kaul, Jason Passafiume, R C Sargent and Bruce F O'Hara. Behavioral and Brain Functions 2010, 6:47 doi:10.1186/1744-9081-6-47
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Horne, J; Pettitt, A N (Feb 1985). "High incentive effects on vigilance performance during 72 hours of total sleep deprivation." . Acta psychologica (Amsterdam : North Holland Publishing) 58(2): 123–139.
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Dinges, D. I, & Powell, J. W. (1985). Microcomputer analysis of performance on a portable, simple visual RT task sustained operations. Behavior Research Methods, Instrumentation, and Computers, 17,
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Walker, M. P. (2009, October 21). *Sleep Deprivation III: Brain consequences – Attention, concentration and real life.* Lecture given in Psychology 133 at the University of California, Berkeley, CA
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can counteract the detrimental effects of sleep loss for up to 36 hours.
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acutely improves psychomotor vigilance, and may decrease sleep need.
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Boen, B. (n.d.). International space station. Retrieved from
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and popularized by its ease of scoring, simple metrics, and
26: 21: 100:Screen shot of PEBL's Perceptual Vigilance Test 62:or sleep deficit correlates with deteriorated 8: 122:The Psychomotor Vigilance Self Test on the 168: 18: 7: 81:Use of PVT tests was championed by 14: 16:A psychometric test of attention 58:. Research indicates increased 1: 89:. However, it was shown that 22:Task Performance and Analysis 192:10.1016/0001-6918(85)90003-4 124:International Space Station 264: 44:psychomotor vigilance task 74:, and increased rate of 202:. Retrieved 2024-02-24. 138:Kaul et al. found that 248:Psychology experiments 118:Where it has been used 101: 152:Psychological testing 99: 87:convergent validity 112:mental chronometry 102: 72:psychomotor skills 50:) is a sustained- 40: 39: 255: 232: 229: 223: 218: 212: 209: 203: 183: 177: 173: 36: 19: 263: 262: 258: 257: 256: 254: 253: 252: 238: 237: 236: 235: 230: 226: 219: 215: 210: 206: 184: 180: 174: 170: 165: 148: 136: 128:cognitive tests 120: 107: 83:David F. Dinges 76:false responses 68:problem solving 32: 17: 12: 11: 5: 261: 259: 251: 250: 240: 239: 234: 233: 224: 213: 204: 178: 167: 166: 164: 161: 160: 159: 154: 147: 144: 135: 132: 119: 116: 106: 103: 38: 37: 30: 24: 23: 15: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 260: 249: 246: 245: 243: 228: 225: 222: 217: 214: 208: 205: 201: 197: 193: 189: 182: 179: 172: 169: 162: 158: 157:Psychometrics 155: 153: 150: 149: 145: 143: 141: 133: 131: 129: 125: 117: 115: 113: 104: 98: 94: 92: 88: 84: 79: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 35: 31: 29: 25: 20: 227: 216: 207: 181: 171: 137: 121: 108: 105:How it works 80: 47: 43: 41: 70:, declined 163:References 140:meditation 91:motivation 60:sleep debt 66:, slower 64:alertness 52:attention 242:Category 146:See also 134:Research 56:stimulus 200:3984776 176:652–655 34:D013647 198:  196:PMID 28:MeSH 188:doi 48:PVT 244:: 194:. 78:. 42:A 190:: 110:( 46:(

Index

MeSH
D013647
attention
stimulus
sleep debt
alertness
problem solving
psychomotor skills
false responses
David F. Dinges
convergent validity
motivation

mental chronometry
International Space Station
cognitive tests
meditation
Psychological testing
Psychometrics
doi
10.1016/0001-6918(85)90003-4
PMID
3984776

Category
Psychology experiments

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