Lapses of responsiveness: Characteristics, detection, and underlying mechanisms

Author

Jones, Richard D. ; Poudel, Govinda R. ; Innes, Carrie R H ; Davidson, Paul R. ; Peiris, Malik T R ; Malla, Amol M. ; Signal, T.Leigh ; Carroll, Grant J. ; Watts, Richard ; Bones, Philip J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Med. Phys. & Bioeng., Christchurch Hosp., Christchurch, New Zealand

fYear

2010

fDate

Aug. 31 2010-Sept. 4 2010

Firstpage

1788

Lastpage

1791

Abstract

Lapses in responsiveness (`lapses´), particularly microsleeps and attention lapses, are complete disruptions in performance from ~0.5-15 s. They are of particular importance in the transport sector in which there is a need to maintain sustained attention for extended periods and in which lapses can lead to multiple-fatality accidents.

Keywords

biomechanics; biomedical MRI; brain; electro-oculography; electroencephalography; neurophysiology; sleep; visual perception; EEG; EOG; attention lapses; brain; eye video; microsleeps; neural activity; noninvasive early-warning systems; responsiveness; visuomotor tracking task; whole-brain BOLD fMRI; Accidents; Biomedical engineering; Bones; Brain modeling; Electroencephalography; Sleep; System-on-a-chip; Attention; Brain; Electroencephalography; Humans; Psychomotor Performance; Sleep Stages;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC), 2010 Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Buenos Aires

ISSN

1557-170X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4123-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.2010.5626385

Filename

5626385