Open AccessSimulator driving performance, subjective sleepiness and salivary cortisol in a fast-forward versus a slow-backward rotating shift system
Author(s) -
Elke De Valck,
Stijn Quanten,
Daniël Berckmans,
Raymond Cluydts
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of work, environment and health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.621
H-Index - 103
eISSN - 1795-990X
pISSN - 0355-3140
DOI - 10.5271/sjweh.1064
Subject(s) - morning , simulation , audiology , driving simulator , cortisol awakening response , psychology , medicine , computer science , hydrocortisone
The objectives of this study were to examine simulator driving and subjective sleepiness after morning, afternoon, and night shifts and to compare these differences, as well as objective stress, between a fast-forward and a slow-backward rotating shift system.