Adrenaline and Noradrenaline: Relation to Performance in a Visual Vigilance Task

SciencePublished 22 October 1965

J. F. O’Hanlon

DOI10.1126/science.150.3695.507

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For those subjects whose vigilance performance deteriorated it was concluded that the concentration of circulating adrenaline decreases as a function of time in a vigilance task but not under "relaxed" conditions, such as watching motion pictures.

Abstract

Concentrations of adrenaline and noradrenaline in the circulating blood were measured in blood samples taken from subjects as they performed a visual vigilance task or viewed movies, both under identical conditions. For those subjects whose vigilance performance deteriorated it was concluded that the concentration of circulating adrenaline decreases as a function of time in a vigilance task but not under "relaxed" conditions, such as watching motion pictures. crementers under "relaxed"conditions.

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