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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-7-30
pubmed:abstractText
The study reported here examined the effects of experimentally induced minor illnesses (colds and influenza) on the efficiency of human performance. Influenza impaired the ability to detect and respond quickly to stimuli appearing at irregular intervals, but had no effect on a task requiring hand-eye coordination. In contrast to this, colds impaired hand-eye coordination but had little effect on the detection tasks. These results are of great practical importance because many skills clearly involve both attentional and motor factors and are, therefore, likely to be impaired by minor illnesses. The findings are also of major theoretical interest because of the dissociation of psychological functions produced by the different types of illness.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0007-1269
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78 ( Pt 2)
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
183-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-22
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Selective effects of minor illnesses on human performance.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article