Design of an integrated test battery for assessing effects on human performance

Author

Lovell, Nigel ; Feyer, Anne-Marie ; Williamson, Ann M. ; Rassack, Nicole

Author_Institution

Centre for Biomed. Technol., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia

Volume

4

fYear

1992

fDate

Oct. 29 1992-Nov. 1 1992

Firstpage

1650

Lastpage

1651

Abstract

One problem of test battery design in occupational health and safety has been the absence of a unifying theoretical framework for the selection of tests. Consequently, systematic interpretation of observed deficits has been impeded. A computer aided battery of tests based on a model of human information processing was designed. Together, the tests provide a comprehensive and integrated evaluation of sensory, motor and cognitive performance. The tests, their relationship to the model on which they are based and the purpose-specific hardware and software designed to run the tests are detailed.

Keywords

biomedical equipment; biomedical measurement; medical computing; neurophysiology; cognitive performance; computer aided battery; human information processing; human performance; integrated test battery; occupational health; test battery design; Computational modeling; Hardware; Headphones;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1992 14th Annual International Conference of the IEEE

Conference_Location

Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0785-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMBS.1992.5761966

Filename

5761966