Following Natural Disasters, Human Cognitive Performance Suffers
Friday, Aug. 3rd 2012 7:17 AM
Not surprisingly, victims of a natural disaster can experience stress and anxiety, but a new study indicates that it might also cause them to make more errors – some serious- in their daily lives. In their upcoming Human Factors article, “Earthquakes on the Mind: Implications of Disasters for Human Performance,” researchers William S.
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