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{"title":"Predicting Drowsy Driver Break Taking During Long Drives.","authors":"John G Gaspar, Brian Tefft, Cher Carney, William J Horrey","doi":"10.1177/00187208241293707","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208241293707","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>The current study investigated the factors that predict drowsy drivers' decisions regarding whether to take breaks versus continue driving during long simulator drives.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Driver drowsiness contributes to substantial numbers of motor vehicle crashes, injuries, and deaths. Previous research has shown that taking a nap and consuming caffeine can temporarily mitigate drowsiness and enable continued safe driving.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Ninety drivers completed a 150-mile highway drive in a driving simulator after a day of partial sleep restriction. Drivers passed several simulated rest areas where they could take breaks. To replicate drivers' motivation to reach their destination safely but also quickly, drivers were told that they would be paid more for completing the simulated drive faster but would forfeit their payment if they crashed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Break taking was predicted by drivers' self-ratings of drowsiness and by the severity of lane departures. However, even at the highest levels of drowsiness, most drivers bypassed simulated rest areas without stopping. In comparing self-rated drowsiness to drowsiness measured by eye closures, drivers often under- and over-estimate their own level of drowsiness.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Drowsy drivers use their own self-assessed drowsiness when deciding whether to take breaks. These self-assessments are often incorrect, and even when drivers rate themselves as severely drowsy they are unlikely to stop to rest during long drives.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>The findings reveal the need for effective drowsy driving countermeasures to motivate drivers to stop to take breaks. Results underscore the need to educate and/or motivate drivers to respond sooner to warning signs of drowsiness.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"187208241293707"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142513878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Debiasing Judgements Using a Distributed Cognition Approach: A Scoping Review of Technological Strategies.","authors":"Harini Dharanikota, Emma Howie, Lorraine Hope, Stephen J Wigmore, Richard J E Skipworth, Steven Yule","doi":"10.1177/00187208241292897","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208241292897","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To review and synthesise research on technological debiasing strategies across domains, present a novel distributed cognition-based classification system, and discuss theoretical implications for the field.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Distributed cognition theory is valuable for understanding and mitigating cognitive biases in high-stakes settings where sensemaking and problem-solving are contingent upon information representations and flows in the decision environment. Shifting the focus of debiasing from individuals to systems, technological debiasing strategies involve designing system components to minimise the negative impacts of cognitive bias on performance. To integrate these strategies into real-world practices effectively, it is imperative to clarify the current state of evidence and types of strategies utilised.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted systematic searches across six databases. Following screening and data charting, identified strategies were classified into (i) group composition and structure, (ii) information design and (iii) procedural debiasing, based on distributed cognition principles, and cognitive biases, classified into eight categories.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighty articles met the inclusion criteria, addressing 100 debiasing investigations and 91 cognitive biases. A majority (80%) of the identified debiasing strategies were reportedly effective, whereas fourteen were ineffective and six were partially effective. Information design strategies were studied most, followed by procedural debiasing, and group structure and composition. Gaps and directions for future work are discussed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Through the lens of distributed cognition theory, technological debiasing represents a reconceptualisation of cognitive bias mitigation, showing promise for real-world application.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>The study results and debiasing classification presented can inform the design of high-stakes work systems to support cognition and minimise judgement errors.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"187208241292897"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142513877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Examining the Independent and Interactive Carryover Effects of Cognitive and Physical Exertions on Physical Performance.","authors":"Rahul K Pabla, Jeffrey D Graham, Michael W B Watterworth, Nicholas J La Delfa","doi":"10.1177/00187208241293720","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208241293720","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study compared the effects of prior cognitive, physical, and concurrent exertion on physical performance.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Fatiguing cognitive and physical exertions have been shown to negatively affect subsequent task performance. However, it is not clearly understood if concurrent physical and cognitive effort may exaggerate the negative carryover effects on physical task performance when compared to cognitive or physical exertion alone.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Twenty-five participants completed four isometric handgrip endurance trials on different days. The endurance trials were preceded by four, 15-minute experimental manipulations (cognitive, physical, concurrent, control). Electromyography (EMG) and force tracing performance were monitored, with handgrip strength measured pre and post. Subjective ratings of mental and physical fatigue, as well as affect, motivation, and task self-efficacy, were also assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Handgrip strength decreased following both physical (-14.4% MVC) and concurrent (-12.3% MVC) exertion manipulations, with no changes being observed for the cognitive and control conditions. No differences were observed across conditions for endurance time, EMG, nor tracing performance. When compared to the control conditions, perceptions of mental and physical fatigue were higher following the experimental manipulation. Endurance trial self-efficacy was lower for the mental, physical and concurrent conditions compared to control.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The concurrent condition resulted in similar decreases in strength as the physical fatigue condition, but otherwise resulted in similar carryover effects on endurance performance across all conditions. Further study is required at higher exposure levels, or for longer exposure durations, to further probe the influence of concurrent physical and cognitive effort on task performance.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>Concurrent cognitive and physical effort resulted in similar physical performance decrements to physical effort alone.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"187208241293720"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142482054","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Effectiveness of Safe Patient Handling Equipment and Techniques: A Review of Biomechanical Studies.","authors":"Mike Fray, Kermit G Davis","doi":"10.1177/00187208231211842","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00187208231211842","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This review aimed to evaluate all studies that have evaluated the biomechanical effects when using assistive devices.</p><p><strong>Introduction: </strong>The physical demands of patient handling activities are well known. One safety strategy for the reduction of the physical risks is use of assistive devices.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>The search process identified articles published in English-speaking journals through Google Scholar, Medline, and ISI Web of Science. The included 56 studies contained a biomechanical assessment of a patient handling activity with assistive devices.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The biomechanical effects included four groups: changes in body posture (spinal, other joints), subjective assessment (force, effort, discomfort), measured force (hand force, ground reaction force, spine force, joint torque), and physiological measures. The evidence showed caregivers benefited from using lift hoists, air-assisted devices, and to a lesser extent friction reducing devices for lateral transfers and repositioning, while floor and ceiling lifts were most effective for patient transfers. Some gaps were noted in the evidence and other handling tasks such as sit-to-stand, turning patient in bed, limb lifting, and repositioning and some more high hazard activities like supporting people with limited balance and those that fall need to be investigated with respect to biomechanical outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>There is a growing level of biomechanical evidence to support the use of assistive devices for many patient-handling tasks, but the benefits of equipment use in some transfers remain uninvestigated.</p><p><strong>Practical application: </strong>Evidence indicates the best way to lift patients safely is with floor or ceiling lifts, and air-assisted devices for lateral and repositioning tasks.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"2283-2322"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11382441/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72016301","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Cognitive, Psychophysiological, and Perceptual Responses to a Repeated Military-Specific Load Carriage Treadmill Simulation.","authors":"Christopher A J Vine, Oliver R Runswick, Sam D Blacker, Sarah L Coakley, Andrew G Siddall, Stephen D Myers","doi":"10.1177/00187208231214216","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00187208231214216","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Dismounted military operations require soldiers to complete cognitive tasks whilst undertaking demanding and repeated physical taskings.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To assess the effects of repeated fast load carriage bouts on cognitive performance, perceptual responses, and psychophysiological markers.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Twelve civilian males (age, 28 ± 8 y; stature, 186 ± 6 cm; body mass 84.3 ± 11.1 kg; V̇O_2max, 51.5 ± 6.4 mL·kg^-1·min^-1) completed three ∼65-min bouts of a Fast Load Carriage Protocol (FLCP), each interspersed with a 65-min recovery period, carrying a representative combat load of 25 kg. During each FLCP, cognitive function was assessed using a Shoot/Don't-Shoot Task (SDST) and a Military-Specific Auditory N-Back Task (MSANT), along with subjective ratings. Additional psychophysiological markers (heart rate variability, salivary cortisol, and dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate concentrations) were also measured.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A main effect of bout on MSANT combined score metric (<i>p</i> < .001, Kendall's W = 69.084) and for time on the accuracy-speed trade-off parameter of the SDST (<i>p</i> = .025, Ѡ² = .024) was evident. These likely changes in cognitive performance were coupled with subjective data indicating that participants perceived that they increased their mental effort to maintain cognitive performance (bout: <i>p</i> < .001, Ѡ² = .045; time: <i>p</i> < .001, Ѡ² = .232). Changes in HRV and salivary markers were also evident, likely tracking increased stress.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Despite the increase in physiological and psychological stress, cognitive performance was largely maintained; purportedly a result of increased mental effort.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>Given the likely increase in dual-task interference in the field environment compared with the laboratory, military commanders should seek approaches to manage cognitive load where possible, to maintain soldier performance.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"2379-2392"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11382434/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138453221","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Improving Social Bot Detection Through Aid and Training.","authors":"Ryan Kenny, Baruch Fischhoff, Alex Davis, Casey Canfield","doi":"10.1177/00187208231210145","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00187208231210145","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>We test the effects of three aids on individuals' ability to detect social bots among Twitter personas: a bot indicator score, a training video, and a warning.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Detecting social bots can prevent online deception. We use a simulated social media task to evaluate three aids.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Lay participants judged whether each of 60 Twitter personas was a human or social bot in a simulated online environment, using agreement between three machine learning algorithms to estimate the probability of each persona being a bot. Experiment 1 compared a control group and two intervention groups, one provided a bot indicator score for each tweet; the other provided a warning about social bots. Experiment 2 compared a control group and two intervention groups, one receiving the bot indicator scores and the other a training video, focused on heuristics for identifying social bots.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The bot indicator score intervention improved predictive performance and reduced overconfidence in both experiments. The training video was also effective, although somewhat less so. The warning had no effect. Participants rarely reported willingness to share content for a persona that they labeled as a bot, even when they agreed with it.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Informative interventions improved social bot detection; warning alone did not.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>We offer an experimental testbed and methodology that can be used to evaluate and refine interventions designed to reduce vulnerability to social bots. We show the value of two interventions that could be applied in many settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"2323-2344"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11382440/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"107592962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Development and Human Factors Evaluation of a Portable Auditory Localization Training System.","authors":"Brandon S Thompson, Kichol Lee, John G Casali, Kara M Cave","doi":"10.1177/00187208231209137","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00187208231209137","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To design and develop a Portable Auditory Localization Acclimation Training (PALAT) system capable of producing psychoacoustically accurate localization cues; evaluate the training effect against a proven full-scale, laboratory-grade system under three listening conditions; and determine if the PALAT system is sensitive to differences among electronic level-dependent hearing protection devices (HPDs).</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>In-laboratory auditory localization training has demonstrated the ability to improve localization performance with the open (natural) ear, that is, unoccluded, and while wearing HPDs. The military requires a portable system capable of imparting similar training benefits as those demonstrated in laboratory experiments.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>In a full-factorial repeated measures design experiment, 12 audiometrically normal participants completed localization training and testing using an identical, optimized training protocol on two training systems under three listening conditions (open ear, TEP-100, and ComTac™ III). Statistical tests were performed on mean absolute accuracy score and front-back reversal errors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>No statistical difference existed between the PALAT and laboratory-grade DRILCOM systems on two dependent localization accuracy measurements at all stages of training. In addition, the PALAT system detected the same localization performance differences among the three listening conditions.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PALAT system imparted similar training benefits as the DRILCOM system and was sensitive to HPD localization performance differences.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>The user-operable PALAT system and optimized training protocol can be employed by the military, law enforcement, and various industries, to improve auditory localization performance in conditions where auditory situation awareness is critical to safety.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"2393-2408"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138464685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Changes in Neck and Shoulder Muscles Fatigue Threshold When Using a Passive Head/Neck Supporting Exoskeleton During Repetitive Overhead Tasks.","authors":"Ehsan Garosi, Zeinab Kazemi, Adel Mazloumi, Ahmadreza Keihani","doi":"10.1177/00187208231213728","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00187208231213728","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to investigate the effects of a head/neck supporting exoskeleton (HNSE) on the electromyographic fatigue threshold (EMG_FT) of the neck and shoulder muscles during a simulated overhead work task.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Overhead work is a well-known risk factor for neck and shoulder musculoskeletal disorders due to the excessive strain imposed on the muscles and joints in these regions.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Fourteen healthy males performed a repetitive overhead nut fastening/unfastening task to exhaustion while wearing and not wearing the HNSE at two neck extension angles (40% and 80% of neck maximum range of motion). Electromyographic signals were continuously recorded from the right and left sternocleidomastoid (SCMR, SCML), splenius capitis (SCR, SCL), upper trapezius (UTR, UTL), and anterior deltoid (ADR, ADL) muscles. The normalized electromyographic amplitude (nEMG) data was time normalized, and a bisegmental linear regression was applied to determine the muscle fatigue break point.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results showed a significant increase in fatigue threshold time in the SCMR (<i>p</i> < .001), SCML (<i>p</i> = .002), and UTR (<i>p</i> = .037) muscles when the HNSE was used. However, the EMG_FT times for the right and left deltoid and left trapezius muscles showed a nonsignificant reduction due to the head/neck support exoskeleton use. In addition, the neck extension angle did not reveal a significant effect on muscles' EMG_FT time.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Overall, the findings confirmed a significant delay in fatigue onset in sternocleidomastoid muscles, as measured by the electromyographic fatigue threshold. This finding suggests that the HNSE can be an effective ergonomic intervention for reducing the risk of musculoskeletal disorders in overhead workers. However, further studies are needed to investigate the effect of the HNSE at other neck extension angles and more realistic tasks to ensure the generalizability of our results.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>The present findings emphasize the application of the fatigue onset time to evaluate the effectiveness of ergonomic interventions, including exoskeletons, which can subsequently be utilized to alleviate postural demands and reduce the risk of musculoskeletal disorders.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"2269-2282"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89720901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Road Users Fail to Appreciate the Special Optical Properties of Retroreflective Materials.","authors":"Savana L King, Ellen C Szubski, Richard A Tyrrell","doi":"10.1177/00187208231210644","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00187208231210644","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To determine whether typical road users appreciate the special optical properties of retroreflective materials.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Retroreflective surfaces reflect light back towards the source of the illumination. All drivers benefit from retroreflective materials, as they are required on road signs, on large trailers, in lane delineation, and other traffic control devices. Retroreflective markings can also greatly enhance the conspicuity of pedestrians at night, but pedestrians typically underuse retroreflective markings. One possible reason is that pedestrians may not appreciate the special optical properties of retroreflective materials.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>Two experiments tested whether observers could correctly predict that retroreflective materials appear remarkably bright when illuminated by a source that is aligned with the observers' eyes. Observers used a magnitude estimation procedure to predict how bright retroreflective and non-retroreflective stimuli would appear during a demonstration designed to highlight retroreflectivity. They then judged the brightness again during the demonstration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In general, observers underestimated how bright retroreflective stimuli would be and overestimated how bright diffuse reflective and fluorescent stimuli would be. The underestimates for retroreflective stimuli were particularly striking when the observers had not closely examined the stimuli in advance.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The fact that road users do not appreciate retroreflectivity may help explain why pedestrians underuse retroreflective markings at night.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>Educational interventions could prove useful in this domain.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"2409-2427"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"71523530","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Role of State and Trait Self-Control on the Sustained Attention to Response Task.","authors":"Amanda E Harwood, Kelly Satterfield, William S Helton, Patrick E McKnight, Tyler H Shaw","doi":"10.1177/00187208231209151","DOIUrl":"10.1177/00187208231209151","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aimed to assess the plausibility of self-control depletion, or ego-depletion, as the underlying cognitive resource responsible for performance decrements on the sustained attention to response task.</p><p><strong>Background: </strong>Researchers suggested that self-control is a limited cognitive resource used to complete a myriad of processes, including sustained attention. Past research showed that <i>trait</i> self-control affects some sustained attention tasks. However, little research has investigated the effect of self-control as a <i>limited cognitive resource that varies over time</i> (i.e., as a state-dependent variable).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This experiment investigated the effect of self-control (trait and state) on a sustained motor-inhibition task (e.g., sustained attention to response task; SART). State self-control was manipulated using a between-subjects design-participants in the experimental condition completed a task designed to deplete state self-control prior to performing the SART while the control condition completed a modified version that did not deplete self-control.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Trait self-control predicted performance on the SART, but the depletion task (state self-control) had no detectable effect.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Given the evidence, it is unlikely that state self-control plays a causal role in performance decrements in the SART, but there appears to be some association between performance on the SART and trait self-control.</p><p><strong>Application: </strong>Trait self-control ought to be considered in future work for personnel selection in real-world tasks that the SART models such as long-distance driving, air traffic control, and TSA operations.</p>","PeriodicalId":56333,"journal":{"name":"Human Factors","volume":" ","pages":"2366-2378"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"92157479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}