Herbert Moskowitz
Dary Fiorentino

April 2000

FINAL REPORT

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1. INTRODUCTION

2. METHOD

3. RESULTS

Overall Impairment

Impairment, by Behavioral Areas

Driving and Flying: On the Road and Simulators

Divided Attention

Drowsiness

Vigilance Tasks

Tracking

Perception

Visual Functions

Cognitive Tasks

Psychomotor Skills

Choice Reaction Time

Simple Reaction Time

Critical Flicker Fusion

Aftereffects

4. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS

Major Findings

Methodological Issues

Future Research

REFERENCE LIST A
Articles Used as Reference

REFERENCE LIST B
Articles Included in the Review

Appendix A
Tests Results, by Behavioral Area

Appendix B
Data Comparison Between Moskowitz and Robinson (1988) and
Moskowitz and Fiorentino (1999)

LIST OF TABLES

LIST OF FIGURES