Vigilance is notoriously hard to predict from personality measures. This study adopted a new
multivariate approach based on attentional resource theory. Measures were taken of the …

The ability to remain vigilant over long periods of time is critical for many everyday tasks, but
controlled studies of visual sustained attention show that performance declines over time …

It is well known that when human observers must monitor for rare but critical events,
probability of detection tends to wane over time, a phenomenon known as the “vigilance …

It is a commonly held notion that in university lectures, the attention of a student wanes as
time elapses. Despite widespread endorsement of this belief, research has not yet verified …

Response inhibition processes are one of the most important executive control functions and
have been subject to intense research in cognitive neuroscience. However, knowledge on …

Inhibitory control processes are indispensable for goal-directed behavior. On a
neurophysiological level, theta band power has been suggested to be important during …

We investigated the properties of the sustained attention to response task (SART). In the
SART, participants respond to frequent (high probability of occurrence) neutral signals and …

In this report, we examined the impact of rest breaks and goal switches on the vigilance
decrement—the change in performance with time-on-task—and subjective stress and …

Effects of environmental variables on performance may be mediated by individual stress
states. In this study the effects of jet-aircraft engine noise and signal salience on vigilance …

Individual differences in vigilance are ubiquitous and relevant to a variety of work
environments in industrial, transportation, medical and security settings. Despite much …