The objective of this review was to examine the evidence for the link between fatigue and
safety, especially in transport and occupational settings. For the purposes of this review …

The arguments in favour of introducing shift work clearly depend on productivity and safety
being maintained at an acceptable level. However, the evidence reviewed in this paper …

Night-shift workers are at high risk of drowsiness-related motor vehicle crashes as a result of
circadian disruption and sleep restriction. However, the impact of actual night-shift work on …

Human Performance provides the student and researcher with a comprehensive and
accessible review of performance, in the real world and essential cognitive science theory …

This chapter reviews one neu-robehavioral assay that has met these criteria—the
psychomotor vigilance task. To quantify the magnitude of such changes, as well as to track …

Students, health and safety experts and high level practitioners should find this a useful
introduction to the basic theories and principals of accident prevention through diagnosis …

Sleep-disordered breathing and excessive sleepiness may be more common in commercial
vehicle drivers than in the general population. The relative importance of factors causing …

A population-based case-control study was carried out to examine driver risk factors for
sleep-related motor vehicle crashes. Cases included 312 drivers involved in recent North …

Fatigue has increasingly been viewed by society as a safety hazard. This has lead to
increased regulation of fatigue by governments. The most common control process has …

OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study is to show the effectiveness of EEG alpha spindles,
defined by short narrowband bursts in the alpha band, as an objective measure for …