Report on methods and classification of stress, inattention - sensation

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Contract N. IST-507231
Table of content
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS .............................................................................................................................................. 1
TABLE OF CONTENT......................................................................................................................................................... 3
LIST OF TABLES .................................................................................................................................................................. 4
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................................................... 5
2. AIM OF THE REPORT................................................................................................................................................... 6
3. STRESS AND EMOTIONAL STATES ....................................................................................................................... 7
3.1 WHAT IS STRESS? ............................................................................................................................................................7
3.2 PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS THEORY.................................................................................................................................8
3.3 ACUTE STRESS RESPONSES...........................................................................................................................................10
3.4 CHRONIC STRESS RESPONSES ......................................................................................................................................11
3.5 SLEEP AND STRESS ........................................................................................................................................................12
3.6 STRESS AND EMOTION ..................................................................................................................................................13
4. FATIGUE, EFFORT AND MONOTONY................................................................................................................14
5. INATTENTION ................................................................................................................................................................16
6. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF STRESS, EMOTION, AND
INATTENTION IN NATURAL CONDITIONS .........................................................................................................18
7. CONCLUSIONS ...............................................................................................................................................................20
8. REFERENCES ..................................................................................................................................................................22
9. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT..............................................................................................................................................27
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