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{"title":"The United States Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory Multi-Attribute Task Battery.","authors":"Jonathan Vogl, Charles D McCurry, Sharon Bommer, J Andrew Atchley","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1435588","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1435588","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory (USAARL) Multi-Attribute Task Battery (MATB) represents a significant advancement in research platforms for human performance assessment and automation studies. The USAARL MATB builds upon the legacy of the traditional MATB, which has been refined over 30 years of use to include four primary aviation-like tasks. However, the USAARL MATB takes this foundation and enhances it to meet the demands of contemporary research, particularly in the areas of performance modeling, cognitive workload assessment, adaptive automation, and trust in automation. The USAARL MATB retains the four classic subtask types from its predecessors while introducing innovations such as subtask variations, dynamic demand transitions, and performance-driven adaptive automation handoffs. This paper introduces the USAARL MATB to the research community, highlighting its development history, key features, and potential applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1435588"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11688364/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142916364","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Neuroethical considerations and attitudes about neurostimulation as a fatigue countermeasure among emergency responders.","authors":"Laura Y Cabrera, Alejandro Munoz, Ranjana K Mehta","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1491941","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1491941","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>First responders play a pivotal role in ensuring the wellbeing of individuals during critical situations. The demanding nature of their work exposes them to prolonged shifts and unpredictable situations, leading to elevated fatigue levels. Modern countermeasures to fatigue do not provide the best results. This study evaluates the acceptance and ethical considerations of a novel fatigue countermeasure using transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) for fire and emergency medical services (EMS) personnel.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To better understand first responders' perceptions and ethical concerns about this novel fatigue countermeasure in their work, we conducted semi-structured interviews with first responders (<i>N</i> = 20). Interviews were transcribed into text and analyzed using qualitative content analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over half of responders (59%) were interested, but over a third had a cautionary stand. Half of the participants seemed to have positive views regarding acceptability; a few were more cautionary or hesitant. A main area of consideration was user control (75%), with the majority wanting to retain some control over when or whether to accept the stimulation. Just above half of the participants (64%) mentioned privacy concerns. Another relevant consideration, raised by 50% of participants, was safety and the potential impact of stimulation (e.g., side effects, long-term effects). Overall, participants thought they needed to understand the system better and agreed that more education and training would be required to make people more willing to use it.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>Our exploration into combating fatigue among first responders through tDCS has revealed promising initial reactions from the responder community. Findings from this study lay the groundwork for a promising solution, while still in a nascent design stage, to improve the effectiveness and resilience of first responders in fatiguing shifts and critical situations.</p>","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1491941"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11688297/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142916813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"A systematic narrative review of the involvement of executive functions in flying performance of pilots.","authors":"Stefanie Enriquez-Geppert, Diede Smit, Marike C de Boer, Negin Daneshnia, Alex Lafont, Frédéric Dehais","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1462304","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1462304","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Piloting is a complex task that demands robust cognitive functions to handle multiple tasks simultaneously in a constantly changing environment. As a result, cognitive abilities, particularly executive functions (EFs), have gained significant importance in relation to flight performance. However, the specific EFs most critical for predicting flight performance remain unclear. Understanding the exact nature of this relationship has the potential to advance research on pilot selection procedures, cockpit design, and influence cognitive training approaches to ultimately improve flight safety. This systematic review aims to pinpoint the most pertinent EFs for various aspects of airplane piloting. A systematic narrative literature review was conducted with a framework focusing on four EFs: working memory updating, set-shifting, response inhibition, and conflict monitoring, as well as three key aspects of flight performance: flying, navigating, and communicating. The findings suggest that multiple EFs predict flight performance outcomes. Notably, working memory updating significantly predicts the management of communication tasks and the making of critical decisions requiring mental flexibility. However, other specific EFs remain understudied. To advance this research area, we recommend conceptualizing EFs and flying measures based on existing theoretical frameworks, using measures sensitive to specific EFs, evaluating flying performance in simulated or real flights, controlling or accounting for factors that affect EFs and flying performance, and investigating the ameliorative potential of EFs with end results on flight performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1462304"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11656452/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142866809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Self-perceptual blindness to mental fatigue in mining workers.","authors":"Helena Purto, Héctor Anabalon, Katherine Vargas, Cristian Jara D, Ricardo de la Vega","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1441243","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1441243","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mental fatigue is a psychophysiological state that adversely impacts performance in cognitive tasks, increasing risk of occupational hazards. Given its manifestation as a conscious sensation, it is often measured through subjective self-report. However, subjective measures are not always true measurements of objective fatigue. In this study, we investigated the relationship between objective and subjective fatigue measurements with the preventive AccessPoint fatigue assay in Chilean mine workers. Subjective fatigue was measured through the Samn-Perelli scale, objective fatigue through a neurocognitive reaction time task. We found that objective and subjective fatigue do not correlate (-0.03 correlation coefficient, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Moreover, severe fatigue cases often displayed absence of subjective fatigue coupled with worse cognitive performance, a phenomenon we denominated Perceptual Blindness to fatigue. These findings highlight the need for objective fatigue measurements, particularly in high-risk occupational settings such as mining. Our results open new avenues for researching mechanisms underlying fatigue perception and its implications for occupational health and safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1441243"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11538053/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142592453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Self-control enhances vigilance performance in temporally irregular tasks: an fNIRS frontoparietal investigation.","authors":"Salim Adam Mouloua, William S Helton, Gerald Matthews, Tyler H Shaw","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1415089","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1415089","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The present study investigated whether trait self-control impacted operators' behavior and associated neural resource strategies during a temporally irregular vigilance task. Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) readings of oxygenated hemoglobin (HbO2) and deoxygenated hemoglobin (HbR) from 29 participants were recorded fromthe prefrontal and parietal cortices. Self-control was associated with better perceptual sensitivity (A') in the task with the irregular event schedule. A left-lateralized effect of HbO2 was found for temporal irregularity within the dorsomedial prefrontal cortex, in accordance with functional transcranial doppler (fTCD) studies. Self-control increased HbR (decreasing activation) at right superior parietal lobule (rSPL; supporting vigilance utilization) and right inferior parietal lobule (rIPL; supporting resource reallocation). However, only rSPL was associated with the vigilance decrement-where decreases in activation led to better perceptual sensitivity in the temporally irregular task. Additionally, short stress-state measures suggest decreases in task engagement in individuals with higher self-control in the irregular task. The authors suggest a trait-state-brain-behavior relationship for self-control during difficult vigilance tasks. Implications for the study include steps toward rectifying the resource utilization vs. allocation debate in vigilance-as well as validating HbO2 and HbR as effective constructs for predicting operators' mental resources through fNIRS.</p>","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1415089"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447522/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142373991","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial: Neurotechnology for brain-body performance and health: insights from the 2022 Neuroergonomics and NYC Neuromodulation Conference.","authors":"Marom Bikson, Leigh Charvet, Giuseppina Pilloni, Frederic Dehais, Hasan Ayaz","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1454889","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1454889","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1454889"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11405341/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142305620","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial: Stress and the brain: advances in neurophysiological measures for mental stress detection and reduction.","authors":"Stefania Coelli, Eleonora Maggioni, Martin O Mendez","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1466783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1466783","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1466783"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11349701/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142116781","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial: Advances and challenges to bridge computational intelligence and neuroscience for brain-computer interface.","authors":"Avinash Kumar Singh, Luigi Bianchi, Davide Valeriani, Masaki Nakanishi","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1461494","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1461494","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1461494"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11333880/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142010200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial: Neurotechnology for sensing the brain out of the lab: methods and applications for mobile functional neuroimaging.","authors":"Hasan Ayaz, Frederic Dehais, Giuseppina Pilloni, Leigh Charvet, Marom Bikson","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1454894","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1454894","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1454894"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-08-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11334157/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142010201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editorial: Open science to support replicability in neuroergonomic research.","authors":"Klaus Gramann, Fabien Lotte, Frederic Dehais, Hasan Ayaz, Mathias Vukelić, Waldemar Karwowski, Stephen Fairclough, Anne-Marie Brouwer, Raphaëlle N Roy","doi":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1459204","DOIUrl":"10.3389/fnrgo.2024.1459204","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":517413,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in neuroergonomics","volume":"5 ","pages":"1459204"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5,"publicationDate":"2024-07-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11319283/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141977553","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}