Objective To explore the effect of personal protective equipment (PPE) fit on functional
performance across a range of occupational domains. Background PPE introduces an …

Objective: To identify and detail physiological factors that influence cognition in military
personnel. Background: Maintenance of cognitive and task performance is important under …

During physical efforts and sport practice, vigilance is responsible for maintaining an optimal
state of activation, guaranteeing the ability to quickly respond and detect unexpected, but …

Understanding how brain dynamics change with dual cognitive and motor tasks can improve
our knowledge of human neurophysiology. The primary goals of this study were to:(1) …

Conflict: How Soldiers Make Impossible Decisions is about making hard choices--where all
outcomes are potentially negative. The authors draw on interviews conducted with soldiers …

Background This study evaluated cognitive workload in soldiers undertaking a long duration
march wearing different loads. Methods Military participants (n= 12 men and n= 10 women) …

Law enforcement officers are inherently at a high risk of injury and the loads they must carry
during their occupational duties further increase their injury risk. It is unknown how different …

Purpose Cognition can be impaired during exercise in the heat, potentially contributing to
military casualties. To our knowledge, the independent role of elevated core temperature …

Cognitive fatigue, a transient cognitive decline stemming from extended mental and physical
activity, is well established in conventional contexts. However, its manifestation and self …

Consume of stimulants (as caffeine) is very usual in different contexts where the performers
have to take quick and accurate decisions during physical effort. Decision-making processes …