TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1995//
TI  - Dual-task performance in space: results from a single-case study during a short-term space mission
JO  - Human factors
A1  - Manzey, Dietrich H.
A1  - Lorenz, Bernd
A1  - Schiewe, A.
A1  - Finell, G.
A1  - Thiele, G.
SP  - 667
EP  - 681
VL  - 37
IS  - 4
N2  - During spaceflights, astronauts are exposed to many stressors (e.g., microgravity, confinement) that may impair human information-processing capabilities. In order to analyze the possible effects of the space environment on human time-sharing efficiency, a single-case experiment was conducted in which the time course of dual-task performance (unstable tracking with concurrent memory search) of one space crew member was monitored repeatedly (13 times) throughout an 8-day space mission. Tasks were taken from the Advisory Group for Aerospace Research and Development battery of Standardized Tests for Research with Environmental Stressors. Comparisons of in-flight, preflight, and postflight performance revealed no decrements in single-task memory search performance but did reveal clear impairments in single-task tracking and dual-task performance. From these results we conclude that psychomotor processes and higher attentional functions are particularly prone to disturbance effects in space.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0018-7208
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -