Conjoint effect of physical stress and noise stress on information processing performance and cardiac response

Journal Article · Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1979 · Hum. Factors; (United States)

OSTI ID:6024480

Finkelman, J M; Zeitlin, L R; Romoff, R A; Friend, M A; Brown, L S

The conjoint effect of physical stress, induced by requiring subjects to run a treadmill, and 90 dB white noise stress was evaluated on information processing performance using a delayed digit recall subsidiary task measure and cardiac response. As anticipated, physical stress significantly raised heart rate, and noise stress significantly degraded information processing ability. The experiment failed to demonstrate a linearly additive relationship between noise and physical stress on either cardiac response or information processing performance.

• Research Organization: Baruch College, New York, N.Y.
• OSTI ID: 6024480
• Journal Information: Hum. Factors; (United States), Vol. 21
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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