Cognitive, Psychophysiological, and Perceptual Responses to a Repeated Military-Specific Load Carriage Treadmill Simulation.

performance soldier working memory

Journal

Human factors
ISSN: 1547-8181
Titre abrégé: Hum Factors
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 0374660

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
28 Nov 2023
Historique:
medline: 29 11 2023
pubmed: 29 11 2023
entrez: 29 11 2023
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Dismounted military operations require soldiers to complete cognitive tasks whilst undertaking demanding and repeated physical taskings. To assess the effects of repeated fast load carriage bouts on cognitive performance, perceptual responses, and psychophysiological markers. Twelve civilian males (age, 28 ± 8 y; stature, 186 ± 6 cm; body mass 84.3 ± 11.1 kg; V̇O A main effect of bout on MSANT combined score metric ( Despite the increase in physiological and psychological stress, cognitive performance was largely maintained; purportedly a result of increased mental effort. 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.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
Dismounted military operations require soldiers to complete cognitive tasks whilst undertaking demanding and repeated physical taskings.
OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE
To assess the effects of repeated fast load carriage bouts on cognitive performance, perceptual responses, and psychophysiological markers.
METHODS METHODS
Twelve civilian males (age, 28 ± 8 y; stature, 186 ± 6 cm; body mass 84.3 ± 11.1 kg; V̇O
RESULTS RESULTS
A main effect of bout on MSANT combined score metric (
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Despite the increase in physiological and psychological stress, cognitive performance was largely maintained; purportedly a result of increased mental effort.
APPLICATION CONCLUSIONS
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.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38018153
doi: 10.1177/00187208231214216
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

187208231214216

Auteurs

Christopher A J Vine (CAJ)

Institute of Applied Sciences, University of Chichester, UK.

Oliver R Runswick (OR)

Institute of Applied Sciences, University of Chichester, UK.
King's College London, UK.

Sam D Blacker (SD)

Institute of Applied Sciences, University of Chichester, UK.

Sarah L Coakley (SL)

Institute of Applied Sciences, University of Chichester, UK.
St Mary's University, UK.

Andrew G Siddall (AG)

Institute of Applied Sciences, University of Chichester, UK.

Stephen D Myers (SD)

Institute of Applied Sciences, University of Chichester, UK.

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