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GENERAL STRESS

Burke, K.A., Szalma, J.L., Oron-Gilad, Duley, A., & Hancock, P.A. (2005). Testing the efficiency and effectiveness of soldier performance under increasing task demand. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49 th Annual Meeting, 49, 2119-2123.

Harris, W.C., Hancock, P.A., & Morgan, C.A. (2005) Cognitive change in Special Forces personnel following stressful survival training. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 49 th Annual Meeting, 49, 1776-1779.

Harris, W.C., Hancock, P.A., & Harris, S.C. (2005) Information processing changes following extended stress. Military Psychology, 17 (2), 115-128.

Hancock, P.A. & Weaver, J..L. (2005) On time distortion under stress. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 6 (2), 193-211.

Ross, J.M., Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2004). Efficacy of transfer in simulation-based training: Implications for stress exposure training. Proceedings of the 48th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, September.

Ross, J.M., Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2004). The impact of dispositional optimism and pessimism on stress as s function of psychophysical task. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 48, 1233-1237.

Helmick-Rich, J., Burke, K.A., Oron-Gilad, T., & Hancock, P.A. (2004). The effects of warning presentation and stress on human performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Meeting, 48, 2027-2030.

Morris, C.S., Hancock, P.A., & Shirkey, E.C. Cognitive-motivational explanations of stress-adaptation. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, March, 2004.

Hancock, P.A., Ganey, H.C.N., & Szalma, J.L. (2003). Stress and performance: Contrasting different descriptive relationships. Proceedings of the15th Triennial Congresses of the International Ergonomics Association, Seoul, Korea.

Hancock, P.A., & Szalma, J.L. (2003) Operator stress and display designs. Ergonomics in Design, 11 (2), 13-18.

Hancock, P.A., & Ganey, H.C.N. (2003). From the inverted-U to the extended-U: The evolution of a law of psychology. Human Performance in Extreme Environments, 7 (1) 5-14.

Ward, P., Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2003), The stress-performance relationship and the effect of performance moderators. Presentation at the 47th Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Meeting, Denver, Colorado, October, 2003.

Morris, C. S., Hancock, P.A., Shirkey, Ed C. (2004) Motivational effects of adding context relevant stress in PC-based game training. Military Psychology 16 (1), 135-137

Weaver, J.L., Bradley, K.A., Hancock, P.A., Szalma, J.L., & Helmick, J.A.,(2003). Skills, rules, & knowledge: An experimental test of performance decrements as a function of stressor exposure. Paper presented at the 12th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology. Dayton, OH.

Hancock, P.A., Ganey, H.C.N & Szalma, J.L. (2002). Performance under stress: A re-evaluation of a fundamental law of psychology. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Army Science Conference: Orlando, FL.

Ganey, H.C.N., Hancock, P.A., Weaver, J.L., Greenwood-Erickson, A. & Mouloua, M. (2002). A human factors approach to the investigation of stress. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 45 (1), 948-951.

Hancock, P.A., Ward, P., Szalma, J.L. & Ganey, H.C.N. (2002). Stress and human information processing: A descriptive framework presented in a novel manner. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Army Science Conference: Orlando, FL (IP-22).

Morris, C.S., Ganey, H.C.N., Ross, J. & Hancock, P.A. (2002) The point of diminishing immersive return: Implications for simulation-based training. Proceedings of the 23rd annual Army Science Conference: Orlando, FL.

Hancock, P.A., Szalma, J.L. & Weaver, J.L. (2002) The distortion of perceptual space-time under stress. Proceedings of the 23rd annual Army Science Conference: Orlando, FL (IP-23).

Hancock, P.A., Ganey, H.C.N., Moloua, M., Salas, E., Wilson, R., Greenwood-Erickson, A., Parasuraman, R., Harris, W., Leon, A., & Smith, K. (2001) A descriptive framework of the evaluation of stress effects on operator performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 45, 948-951.

Hancock, P.A., Harris, W.C., & Harris, S.C. (2001). Information processing changes following extended stress. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 45, 901-905.

Hancock, P.A., & Harris, W.C. (2000). Information Processing Following Extended Stress. In: Final Report on Navy Project: Grant Number N00014-99-1-1034. University of Minnesota, Human Factors Research Laboratory.

Hancock, P.A., & Koscheyev, V.S. (1997).  The evolution from physiological adequacy to physiological tuning.   The 12th Man in Space Symposium, Washington, D.C.

Hancock, P.A., & Hoffman, J.E. (1997). Stress and cognitive workload. In: Tactical display for soldiers: Human factors considerations. National Research Council: National Academy Press, Washington, D.C.

Smith, K., & Hancock, P.A. (1992). Managing risk under time stress. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 36, 1019-1023.

Hancock, P. A., Chignell, M. H., & Vercruyssen, M. (1990) Predicting the effects of stress on performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 34, 1081–1085.

Hancock, P. A., Caird, J. K. & Parasuraman, R. (1990) Predicting the effects of interactive stresses on operator performance during long-duration space operations. Paper presented at AIAA Space Programs and Technologies Conference. Huntsville, Al.

Hancock, P.A., & Warm, J.S. (1989) A dynamic model of stress and sustained attention. Human Factors, 31 (5), 519-537.

Vercruyssen, M., Hancock, P. A., & Mihaly, T. (1988). Behavioral toxicology: Effects of breathing 4% carbon dioxide on cognition. Proceedings of International Ergonomics Association, 10, 508-510.

Hancock, P.A., Mihaly, T., Chignell, M.H., & Vercruyssen, M. (1988). Stress and the efficiency of operator performance. Proceedings of International Ergonomics Association 10th International Congress, (pp. 531-533). Sydney, Australia: International Ergonomics Association.

Hancock, P.A. (1987). Arousal theory, stress and performance: Problems of incorporating energetic aspects of behavior into human-machine systems function. In: L.S. Mark, J.S. Warm, & R.L. Huston (Eds.). Ergonomics and Human Factors: Recent Research. (pp. 170-179), New York: Springer-Verlag.

Hancock, P.A. & Rosenberg, S.M. (1987). A model for evaluating stress effects of work with display units. In: B. Knave and P.G. Wideback, (Eds.) Work with Display Units (pp. 713-724). North-Holland.

Hancock, P.A. (1986). The effect of skill on performance under an environmental stressor.    Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 57 (1), 59-64.

Hancock, P.A. (1986). Stress, information-flow, and adaptability in individuals and collective organizational systems. In: O. Brown, Jr. & H. Hendrick (Eds.). Human Factors in Organizational Design and Management II. (pp. 293-296), Amsterdam: North-Holland.

Hancock, P.A. (1986). Stress and adaptability. In: G.R.J. Hockey, A.W.K. Gaillard, & M.G.H. Coles, (Eds.). Energetics and Human Information Processing. (pp. 243-251), Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Martinus Nijhoff.

Hancock, P.A., & Chignell, M.H. (1985). The principle of maximal adaptability in setting stress tolerance standards. Paper presented at the Second Annual Mid-West Ergonomics/Human Factors Meeting, West Lafayette, IN, June, 1985.

Hancock, P.A. (1985). Toward a model of stressor interactions. In: I.D. Brown, R., Goldsmith, K., Coombes, & M. A. Sinclair (Eds.).Ergonomics International 85: Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (pp. 388-390). Bournemouth, England.

Hancock, P.A. (1984). Environmental stressors. In: J.S. Warm (Ed.). Sustained Attention in Human Performance. (pp. 103-142), New York: Wiley.

Hancock, P.A., & Dirkin, G.R. (1983). Stressor induced attentional narrowing: Implications   for design and operation of person-machine systems. Proceedings of the Human Factors   Association of Canada, 16, 19-21.

Hancock, P.A. (1980). Sensory deprivation in long distance swimming: A psychological stress factor? Swimming Technique, 16, 122-123.

 

THERMAL STRESS

Hancock, P.A., & Vasmatzidis, I. (2003). Effects of heat stress on cognitive performance: the current state of knowledge. International Journal of Hyperthermia, 19 (3), 355-372.

Vasmatzidis, I., Schlegel, R.E. & Hancock, P.A. (2002). An investigation of heat stress effects on time-sharing performance. Ergonomics, 45 (3), 218-239.

Hancock, P.A., & Vasmatzidis, I. (1998).  Human occupational and performance limits under stress:  the thermal environment as a prototypical example.  Ergonomics, 41 (8), 1169-1191.

Hancock, P.A., & Vasmatzidis, I. (1998). On the behavioral basis for stress exposure limits: The foundational case of thermal stress.  In:   W. Karwowski, and Marras, W. S. (Ed.) The Occupational Ergonomics Handbook. (pp. 1705-1739).

Vasmatzidis, I., Schlegel, R.E., Purswell, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (1995). Cognitive resource depletion under heat stress. In: Proceedings of the Konz/Purswell Ergonomics Symposium, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.

Hancock, P.A. & Vercruyssen, M. (1988). Limits of behavioral efficiency for workers in heat stress. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics, 3, 149-158.

Hancock, P.A. (1987) Performance criteria as exposure limits in heat stress. In: S. S. Asfour   (Ed.). Trends in Ergonomics/Human Factors IV. (pp. 330-340). Amsterdam: North-Holland.

Hancock, P.A. (1986). Sustained attention under thermal stress. Psychological Bulletin, 99, 263-281.

Hancock, P.A. (1985). The relationship between stress and attention: Evidence from   performance under thermal extremes. In: I.D. Brown, R. Goldsmith, K. Coombes, & M.A. Sinclair (Eds.). Ergonomics International 85: Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the International Ergonomics Association, (pp.745-747), Bournemouth, England.

Hancock, P.A. & Pierce, J.O. (1985). Combined effects of heat and noise on human performance: A review. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 46, 555-566.

Goodman, D., Hancock, P.A., Runnings, D.W., & Brown, S.L. (1984). Temperature changes in neuromuscular function:  Central and peripheral mechanisms. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 59, 647-656.

Hancock, P.A., & Pierce, J.O. (1984). Toward an attentional theory of performance under stress: Evidence from studies of vigilance in heat and cold. In: A. Mital (Ed.).Trends in Ergonomics/Human Factors I. (pp. 1-7), Amsterdam: North-Holland.

Hancock, P.A. (1984). Effect of environmental temperature on display monitoring performance: An overview with practical implications. American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal, 45, 122-126.

Hancock, P.A. (1983). The effect of an induced selective increase in head temperature upon   performance of a simple mental task. Human Factors, 25 (4), 441-448.

Hancock, P.A. & Dirkin, G.R. (1983). The effect of an induced variation in head temperature on simple mental performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors Association of Canada, 15, 63-66.

Hancock, P.A. (1982). Task categorization and the limits of human performance in extreme   heat. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 53, 778-784.

Hancock, P.A., & Dirkin, G.R. (1982). Central and peripheral visual choice-reaction time under conditions of induced cortical hyperthermia. Perceptual & Motor Skills, 54, 395-402.

Hancock, P.A. (1982). Mitigation of performance decrement in transient extreme heat. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 26, 137-141.  

Hancock, P.A. (1981). The simulation of human core temperature. International Journal of Bio-Medical Computing, 12, 59-66.

Hancock, P.A. (1981). Predictive validity of a computer model of body temperature during exercise. Medicine and Science in Sport and Exercise, 13, 31-33.

Hancock, P.A. (1981). Heat stress impairment of mental performance: A revision of tolerance limits. Aviation, Space and Environmental Medicine, 52 (3), 177-180.

Hancock, P.A. (1981). The limitation of human performance in extreme heat conditions. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 25, 74-78.

Hancock, P.A. (1981). A thermo-physiological rationale for endurance training for racquet activities. British Journal of Sports Medicine, 15, 234-237.

Hancock, P.A. (1981) Body temperature regulation during racquet sport competition. Paper presented to the International Symposium on the Effective Teaching of Racquet Sports, Champaign, IL, June.

Hancock, P.A. (1980). Simulated and experimental temperature responses in man during exercise in varying environments. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 10, 1-9.

 

NOISE STRESS

Ganey, H.C.N., Szalma, J.L., Hancock, P.A., Mouloua, M., Connelly, A., Dalton, J., & Davis, F. (2003). The role of choice and individual differences in the mitigation of noise and task stressors on vigilance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society meeting, 47, 1078-1081

Weaver, J.L., Bradley, K.A., Burke, K.A., Helmick, J.A. Greenwood-Ericksen, A., & Hancock, P.A. (2003). An experimental investigation of the skills, rules and knowledge paradigm under noise conditions. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 47, 2005-2009. PDF AvailableDiaz, D.D., Hancock, P.A. & Sims, V.K. (2002). Ecological visual search under noise stress: Present & future research. Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Army Science Conference: Orlando, FL.

Harris, W.C., Hancock, P.A., Arthur, E.J., & Caird, J.K. (1995). Performance, workload, and fatigue changes associated with automation. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 5, 169-185.

Becker, A.B., Warm, J.S., Dember, W.N., & Hancock, P.A. (1995). Effects of jet engine noise and performance feedback on perceived workload in a monitoring task. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 5 (1), 49-62.

Becker, A.B., Warm, J.S., Dember, W.N., Sparnall, J., DeRonde, L., & Hancock, P.A. (1992) Effects of aircraft noise on vigilance performance and perceived workload. Proceedings of the Human Factors Society, 36, 1513-1517.

Dirkin, G.R., & Hancock, P.A. (1985). An attentional view of narrowing: The effect of noise and signal bias on discrimination in the peripheral visual field. In: I. D. Brown, R. Goldsmith, K Coombes, & M.A. Sinclair (Eds.). Ergonomics International 85: Proceedings of the Ninth Congress of the International Ergonomics Association. (pp.751-753). Bournemouth, England.