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Title: | Age differences in perceived workload across a short vigil |
Authors: | Bunce, D Sisa, L |
Issue Date: | 2002 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Citation: | Ergonomics 45(13): 949-960, Oct 2002 |
Abstract: | The main objective of this research was to investigate age differences in the perceived workload associated with the performance of a demanding, high event rate, vigilance task. Younger participants (n=26) aged 16 to 35 years (M=27.8) and older participants (n=24) aged 45 to 65 years (M=52.2) completed perceived workload scales (NASA-TLX) following a brief practice session (pretest) on the vigilance task, and then again following a test session (posttest) lasting nine minutes. In relation to the vigilance task, a statistically significant performance decrement was identified, but there was no evidence that performance differed according to age in respect to that decrement. However, a dissociation was found in relation to the perceived workload ratings: while no age differences were found in vigilance performance, the workload ratings revealed older participants to perceive a significantly greater increase in workload from pretest to posttest. These findings are considered theoretically in relation to the demands placed upon attentional resources, and their implications for both laboratory-based vigilance research, and workplace systems monitoring situations, are discussed. |
URI: | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/3263 http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~content=a713808686~db=all~order=page |
Appears in Collections: | Psychology Dept of Life Sciences Research Papers |
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