Signal regularity and the mindlessness model of vigilance

WS Helton, TD Hollander, JS Warm… - British Journal of …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
… active attention to the target stimuli, or ‘mindfulness’, not mindlessness. Accordingly, we tested
mindlessness model by looking at the effects of signal regularity on the modified vigilance

Signal salience and the mindlessness theory of vigilance

WS Helton, JS Warm - Acta psychologica, 2008 - Elsevier
theory perspective in regards to the vigilance decrement and are in contradiction to the
mindlessness theory in regards to the vigilance … the influence of signal regularity on observers’ …

Challenges to the mindlessness model of vigilance through signal regularity

WS Helton, TD Hollander, JS Warm… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - journals.sagepub.com
… Clearly, the results of this study do not support the mindlessness model of vigilance proposed
by Robertson and his colleagues (Manly et al., 1999; Robertson et al., 1997). Consistent …

Predicting vigilance: A fresh look at an old problem

V Finomore, G Matthews, T Shaw, J Warm - Ergonomics, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
… This ‘mindlessnesstheory of vigilance has inspired studies of … the extent to which vigilance
is truly ‘mindless’ is questionable. … mindlessness model of vigilance through signal regularity . …

The sustained attention to response task (SART) does not promote mindlessness during vigilance performance

MB Dillard, JS Warm, GJ Funke, ME Funke… - Human …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
models to account for failure of signal detection in vigilance tasks. One of these is the resource
model, in which the need to make continuous signal/… , leading to missed signals (Davies & …

A critical examination of the evidence for sensitivity loss in modern vigilance tasks.

DR Thomson, D Besner, D Smilek - Psychological review, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
… Challenges to the mindlessness model of vigilance through signal regularity.
Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting , 47, 1673–1677. …

Engaging the human operator: a review of the theoretical support for the vigilance decrement and a discussion of practical applications

AR Neigel, VL Claypoole, SL Smith… - Theoretical issues in …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
… of vigilance performance and the vigilance decrement include: cognitive resource theory,
mindlessness theory and mind-wandering theory. … training for vigilance, signal detection theory, …

[PDF][PDF] The Effect of Task and Target Characteristics on the Vigilance Decrement

HW Stevenson - 2010 - ir.canterbury.ac.nz
vigilance decrement in real world applications is very severe. If the designer of a system
subscribes to the boredommindlessness theory of the cause of the vigilance … of the signal image. …

Feature absence–presence and two theories of lapses of sustained attention

WS Helton, PN Russell - Psychological research, 2011 - Springer
… or mindlessness theory proposes that the vigilance decrement is due to a lack of exogenously
supported attention during vigilance tasks (… In vigilance tasks, infrequent critical signals are …

Vigilance, Diagnosis, and its Impact on Operator Performance

WS Helton - taylorfrancis.com
… trapped in mentalist concepts (boredom, mindlessness, etc.), but … Third, vigilance operators
can be trained to detect signals. … meets the vigilance decrement and where a resource theory