Working in a moving environment

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Wertheim, A.H.
The present paper provides a review of research and theories concerning the question of how and why working in a moving environment may affect performance. It is argued that performance decrements can be expected to occur as a result of general factors or as a result specific impairments of particular human skills. General effects happen when environmental motion, simulated or real, reduces motivation (due to motion sickness), increases fatigue (due to increased energy require-ments), or creates balance problems. Specific effects of moving environments on task performance may only be expected through biomechanical influences on particular skills such as perception (interference with oculomotor control) or motor skills (such as manual tracking). There is no evidence for direct effects of motion on performance in purely cognitive tasks.
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Human factorsTask performanceFatigueMotion sicknessSimulatorsWork loadAbility testingBiomechanicsPsychophysiologySubjective testingErgonomicsCognitionEye movement controlMotion perceptionMusculoskeletal equilibriumOccupational diseasesPsychomotor performanceSocial environment
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9222
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https://resolver.tno.nl/uuid:4a69f546-e5ac-4bed-acd1-733d60e34ab7
Source
Ergonomics, 41(12), pp. 1845-1858.
Pages
1845-1858
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