TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2000//
TI  - Effects of alcohol and caffeine on maritime navigational skills
JO  - Ergonomics
A1  - Marsden, G.
A1  - Leach, J.
SP  - 17
EP  - 26
VL  - 43
IS  - 1
N2  - Twelve experienced navigators participated in an experiment to determine the effects of alcohol, caffeine, and an alcohol+caffeine mixture on performance during the following tasks: visual search, the search and location of items on a navigational chart (chartsearch) and the solving of maritime navigational problems. Alcohol (75 ml) produced impairment in performance on visual search (p<0.05) and navigational problem-solving (p<0.01). Caffeine was found to enhance performance on visual search (p<0.05) but not on the chartsearch, although a significant correlation was found between performance on the two tests (p<0.05). Caffeine was not found to improve the accuracy of navigational problem-solving (p>0.05). Neither alcohol nor caffeine had any significant effect on the speed of problem-solving (p>0.05).<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0014-0139
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -