Critiques on Vigilance Taxonomy
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Taxonomy, Vigilance.Abstract
The vigilance tasks require prolonged monitoring of repeated stimulus events for infrequently and unpredictably occurring critical signals. Vigilance decrement, which is the main problem of sustained attention study, depended on tasks properties and individuals’ abilities and environmental stressors. In this review only task components which affect vigilance performances are discussed. Sensory modality, signal conspicuity, event rate, knowledge of results and spatial and temporal uncertainty are the main components of vigilance task. In sum, it is important to know the taxonomy of task which determines vigil performance.
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