Centro de Documentacion de Fundación MAPFRE - The After-effects of night work on short-term memory performance

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The After-effects of night work on short-term memory performance / Theo Meijman, Oebele Van Der Meer and Max Van Dormolen

Sumario: The aim of this study was to assess teh after-effects of night work on mental performance. Twenty experienced shift workers were examined in a baseline condition and during recovery after a night shift period. The subjects performed memory search tasks before and after a bicycle ergometer test. These results suggest an incomplete recovery on the first fully indisturbed day-off (32 h) after a period of night work, manifesting itself in a deterioration of the efficiency of the information processing

En: Ergonomics. - London and Washington. - Vol. 36, nº 1-3, January-March 1993 ; p. 37-42

1. Ergonomía . 2. Biorritmos . 3. Trabajo por turnos . 4. Trabajo nocturno . 5. Carga mental . 6. Fatiga mental . 7. Enfermedades profesionales . 8. Ergonometría . 9. Tests . I. Meer, Oebele Van Der . II. Dormolen, Max van . III. Título. IV. Título: Ergonomics.