sustained attention vigilance
Sustained attention and vigilance: the vigilance decrement over time on watch, signal detection during prolonged monitoring, sustained-attention-to-response tasks (SART), mindlessness versus resource-depletion accounts, and vigilance taxonomies (Parasuraman, Warm). The foundational watchkeeping construct, distinct from vigilance under fatigue (alertness loss from sleep pressure); here the decrement arises from monitoring demands themselves, not from sleepiness.
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Engaging the human operator: a review of the theoretical support for the vigilance decrement and a discussion of practical applications ↗ · 2019 · Neigel, Alexis R. et al. · indexed
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The Vigilance Decrement Reflects Limitations in Effortful Attention, Not Mindlessness ↗ · 2003 · Grier, Rebecca A. et al. · indexed
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Beyond detection rate: understanding the vigilance decrement using signal detection theory · 2025 · Skinner, Henri Etel et al. · archived
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Memory Load and Event Rate Control Sensitivity Decrements in Sustained Attention ↗ · 1979 · Parasuraman, Raja · indexed
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The role of memory representation in the vigilance decrement · 2004 · Caggiano, Daniel M. et al. · archived
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The vigilance decrement: its first 75 years · 2025 · Klein, Raymond M. et al. · archived
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Mapping between cognitive theories and psycho-physiological models of attention system performance ↗ · 2023 · Guidetti, Oliver A et al. · indexed
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Modeling the Vigilance Decrement in a Two-Boundary Signal Detection Task ↗ · 2026 · Hankey, Kayla R. et al. · indexed
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Functional Equivalence of Sleep Loss and Time on Task Effects in Sustained Attention ↗ · 2017 · Veksler, Bella Z. et al. · indexed
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Covert Orienting of Attention Controls Vigilance Decrement at Low Event Rate ↗ · 1994 · Bahri, Toufik · indexed
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The degradation on task goal representations in the vigilance decrement · 2010 · ARIGA, Atsunori et al. · archived
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An Exploration of the Feasibility of Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy as a Neurofeedback Cueing System for the Mitigation of the Vigilance Decrement ↗ · 2017 · Hancock, Gabriella M. · indexed
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Examining the association between vigilance and mind wandering · 2025 · Schwartzman, Brooke et al. · archived
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Using Engagement to Negate Vigilance Decrements in the NextGen Environment ↗ · 2012 · Pop, Vlad L. et al. · indexed
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Further Evidence That Sleep Deprivation Effects and the Vigilance Decrement Are Functionally Equivalent: Comment on Altmann (2018) ↗ · 2018 · Gunzelmann, Glenn et al. · indexed
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The WACDT, a modern vigilance task for network defense ↗ · 2023 · Guidetti, Oliver A. et al. · indexed
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Task engagement, cerebral blood flow velocity, and diagnostic monitoring for sustained attention. ↗ · 2010 · Matthews, Gerald et al. · indexed
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Automatic and Controlled Processing Approach to Interpreting Vigilance Performance ↗ · 1985 · Fisk, Arthur D. · indexed
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No Evidence That Sleep Deprivation Effects and the Vigilance Decrement Are Functionally Equivalent: Comment on Veksler and Gunzelmann (2017) ↗ · 2017 · Altmann, Erik M. · indexed
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Effects of Memory Demand and Motivation on Sustained Attention in Young and Older Adults ↗ · 1996 · Tomporowski, Phillip D. et al. · indexed
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Sustained-attention capacity in young and older adults. ↗ · 1989 · Parasuraman, Raja et al. · indexed
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Selection for vigilance assignments: a review and proposed new direction ↗ · 2010 · Reinerman-Jones, Lauren et al. · indexed
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Effects of Two Levels of Attention Demand on Vigilance Performance under Marihuana ↗ · 1974 · Sharma, Satanand et al. · indexed
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Cue‐Based Processing Capacity, Cognitive Load and the Completion of Simulated Short‐Duration Vigilance Tasks in Power Transmission Control ↗ · 2014 · Small, Aaron J. et al. · indexed
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Effects of Noise and of Signal Rate upon Vigilance Analysed by Means of Decision Theory ↗ · 1965 · Broadbent, Donald Eric · indexed
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Sustaining the focus of attention and how it relates to performance in complex cognitive tasks ↗ · 2023 · Tsukahara, Jason S. et al. · indexed
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Age trends for failures of sustained attention. ↗ · 2010 · Carriere, Jonathan S. A. et al. · indexed
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Analysis of Head Micromovements and Body Posture for Vigilance Decrement Assessment · 2024 · Rossi, Dario et al. · archived
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Predicting battlefield vigilance: a multivariate approach to assessment of attentional resources ↗ · 2014 · Matthews, Gerald et al. · indexed
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Cue utilization differentiates resource allocation during sustained attention simulated rail control tasks. ↗ · 2019 · Sturman, Daniel et al. · indexed
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Sustained Attention Performance during Sleep Deprivation Associates with Instability in Behavior and Physiologic Measures at Baseline ↗ · 2014 · Chua, Eric Chern-Pin et al. · indexed
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Cerebral Blood Flow Velocity and Subjective State as Indices of Resource Utilization during Sustained Driving ↗ · 2008 · Reinerman, Lauren E. et al. · indexed
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The frequency of mind wandering increases over time during ongoing task performance ↗ · 2023 · Zanesco, Anthony Paul et al. · indexed
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Computational underpinnings of cognitive effortful performance in short timescales ↗ · 2025 · Emanuel, Aviv · indexed
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The sustained attention to response task: Validation of a non-numerical parallel form ↗ · 2025 · Lanssens, Armien et al. · indexed
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Inattention over time-on-task: the role of motivation in mitigating temporal increases in media multitasking ↗ · 2025 · Drody, Allison C. et al. · indexed
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Neurophysiological Vigilance Characterisation and Assessment: Laboratory and Realistic Validations Involving Professional Air Traffic Controllers · 2020 · Sebastiani, Marika et al. · archived
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Decision theory analysis of response latencies in vigilance. ↗ · 1976 · Parasuraman, Raja et al. · indexed
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Impulsive responding and the sustained attention to response task ↗ · 2008 · Helton, William S. · indexed
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The Effects of Individual Differences on Vigilance Training and Performance in a Dynamic Vigilance Task ↗ · 2014 · Teo, Grace et al. · indexed
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Age-Related Changes in the Time Course of Vigilant Attention During 40 Hours Without Sleep in Men ↗ · 2006 · Adam, Martin et al. · indexed
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Sleep Deprivation and Sustained Attention Performance: Integrating Mathematical and Cognitive Modeling ↗ · 2009 · Gunzelmann, Glenn et al. · indexed
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Misuse of the FNIRS Obfuscates Vigilance Cerebral Haemodynamics ↗ · 2023 · Guidetti, Oliver et al. · indexed
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Overt and Covert Effects of Mental Fatigue on Attention Networks: Evidence from Event-Related Potentials during the Attention Network Test · 2024 · Pauletti, Caterina et al. · archived
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Vigilance decrement during a simulated general aviation flight ↗ · 2010 · Wiggins, Mark W. · indexed
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Influence of automation on mind wandering frequency in sustained attention · 2018 · Gouraud, Jonas et al. · archived
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Decreased Attentional Responsivity During Sleep Deprivation: Orienting Response Latency, Amplitude, and Habituation ↗ · 1997 · McCarthy, Michele E. et al. · indexed
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The Effects of Values and Costs on the Detection and Identification of Signals in Auditory Vigilance ↗ · 1966 · Levine, Jerrold M. · indexed
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Assessment and Classification of Cognitive Decrements Associated with High Workload and Extended Work Periods in a UAV Setting ↗ · 2008 · Schmidt, Regina et al. · indexed
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Pupillometry as a Window into Young Children’s Sustained Attention ↗ · 2022 · Benitez, Viridiana L. et al. · indexed
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The Topology of Performance Curves during 72 Hours of Sleep Loss: A Memory and Search Task ↗ · 1988 · Babkoff, Harvey et al. · indexed
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Transient autonomic responses during sustained attention in high and low fit young adults · 2016 · Luque-Casado, Antonio et al. · archived
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Viewing the Workload of Vigilance Through the Lenses of the NASA-TLX and the MRQ ↗ · 2013 · Boles, David B. et al. · indexed
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Measuring the Workload of Sustained Attention: Further Evaluation of the Multiple Reources Questionnaire ↗ · 2008 · Boles, David B. et al. · indexed
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Catching the drift: EEG microstate dynamics resemble time-on-task changes in mind wandering and sustained attention ↗ · 2026 · Tsukahara, Jason S. et al. · indexed
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The Nature and Role of Attentional Resources in Controlled and Automatic Detection ↗ · 1981 · Hoffman, James E. et al. · indexed
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The effects of aging on sustained attention ability: An ERP study. ↗ · 2014 · Staub, Bérengère et al. · indexed
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On the Workload of Vigilance: Comparison of the NASA-TLX and the MRQ ↗ · 2009 · Boles, David B. et al. · indexed
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In the Zone or Zoning Out? Tracking Behavioral and Neural Fluctuations During Sustained Attention ↗ · 2012 · Esterman, Michael et al. · indexed
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Temporal Trade-Off Effects in Sustained Attention: Dynamics in Visual Cortex Predict the Target Detection Performance during Distraction ↗ · 2011 · Wieser, Matthias J. et al. · indexed
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Variability of Facilitation and Inhibition as a Function of Cue Validity and Cue-Stimulus Intervals in the Orienting of Sustained Attention ↗ · 1997 · Bahri, Toufik · indexed
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Dissociation between mental fatigue and motivational state during prolonged mental activity ↗ · 2015 · Monika, Gergelyfi et al. · indexed
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Characterizing alterations in attention networks under high mental workload · 2026 · Wu, Lin et al. · archived
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Malleable Attentional Resources Theory: A New Explanation for the Effects of Mental Underload on Performance · 2002 · Young, Mark S. et al. · archived
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Psychomotor Vigilance Performance: Neurocognitive Assay Sensitive to Sleep Loss ↗ · 2004 · Dorrian, Jillian et al. · indexed
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Dissociating prospective memory from vigilance processes ↗ · 2001 · Brandimonte, Maria A. et al. · indexed
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Attention tasks as skills performance measures of drug effects. · 1984 · Moskowitz, H · archived
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Driving monotonous routes in a train simulator: the effect of task demand on driving performance and subjective experience ↗ · 2012 · Dunn, Naomi et al. · indexed
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Cue Utilization Predicts Resource Allocation during Rail Control Simulations: A NIRS Study ↗ · 2018 · Sturman, Daniel et al. · indexed
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Vigilance Task-Related Change in Brain Functional Connectivity as Revealed by Wavelet Phase Coherence Analysis of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy Signals · 2016 · Wang, Wei et al. · archived
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Is the Continuous Performance Task a Valuable Research Tool for use with Children with Attention‐Deficit‐Hyperactivity Disorder? ↗ · 1993 · Corkum, Penny et al. · indexed
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Cognitive load-dependent effects of HD-tDCS on the executive vigilance decrement: insights from aperiodic EEG activity. · 2025 · Hemmerich, K et al. · archived
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Performance - Based Clustering Enables the Study of Physiological Features Supporting Sustained Attention Capacities ↗ · 2018 · Marques-Carneiro, José Eduardo et al. · indexed
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The Interaction of the Loss of a Night's Sleep with Mild Heat :Task Variables ↗ · 1974 · Poulton, E. C. et al. · indexed
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Electrocortical correlates of the association between cardiorespiratory fitness and sustained attention in young adults · 2022 · Di Muccio, Francesco et al. · archived
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The abbreviated vigilance task and cerebral hemodynamics ↗ · 2007 · Helton, William S. et al. · indexed
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How Deeply Does Media and Technology Usage Affect the Sustained Attention? ↗ · 2022 · Kokoç, Mehmet et al. · indexed
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Cognitive Aging and Long-Term Maintenance of Attentional Improvements Following Meditation Training ↗ · 2018 · Zanesco, Anthony Paul et al. · indexed
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Localization of a human system for sustained attention by positron emission tomography ↗ · 1991 · Pardo, José V. et al. · indexed
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Naturalistic patterns of sustained attention across early childhood: Developmental profiles and longitudinal associations with executive functions. ↗ · 2025 · Werchan, Denise M. et al. · indexed
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Exercise practice associates with different brain rhythmic patterns during vigilance ↗ · 2018 · Luque-Casado, Antonio et al. · indexed
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Children born with very low birth weight show difficulties with sustained attention but not response inhibition ↗ · 2014 · Johnson, Katherine A. et al. · indexed
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The neural correlation of sustained attention in performing conjunctive continuous performance task ↗ · 2018 · Behzadnia, Amin et al. · indexed
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<i>DSM-IV</i> -Defined Inattention and Sluggish Cognitive Tempo: Independent and Interactive Relations to Neuropsychological Factors and Comorbidity ↗ · 2010 · Wåhlstedt, Cecilia et al. · indexed
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Using the Sustained Attention to Response Test to detect cognitive dysfunction after day case surgery ↗ · 2002 · Thompson, Jonathan P. et al. · indexed
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Human Attention Restoration, Flow, and Creativity: A Conceptual Integration ↗ · 2024 · Pham, Teresa Phuong-Vy et al. · indexed
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Short Article: Why do we slow down after an error? Mechanisms underlying the effects of posterror slowing ↗ · 2008 · Jentzsch, Ines et al. · indexed
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Smoking deprivation and cigarette reinstatement: effects upon visual attention ↗ · 1991 · Parrott, A. C. et al. · indexed
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The Effect of Ego Depletion on Sprint Start Reaction Time ↗ · 2014 · Englert, Chris et al. · indexed
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Performance monitoring in a confusing world: Error-related brain activity, judgments of response accuracy, and types of errors. ↗ · 2000 · Scheffers, Marten K. et al. · indexed
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Mindfulness‐based stress reduction and attentional control ↗ · 2007 · Anderson, Nicole D. et al. · indexed
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Nature as a potential modulator of the error-related negativity: A registered report ↗ · 2020 · Strayer, David L. · indexed
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Decrease in Attentional Performance After Repeated Bouts of High Intensity Exercise in Association-Football Referees and Assistant Referees ↗ · 2019 · Schmidt, Sergio L. et al. · indexed
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