We report here complex studies of the state of monotony in human operators during driving on a simulator using psychophysical testing, along with ECG and EEG recordings. These experiments showed that during operator activity, development of the state of monotony led to the appearance of a specific EEG pattern – with increased power in the θ, α, and β rhythms. After 90 min of monotonous activity, there was deterioration in wellbeing and activity, along with increases in situational anxiety, the latent period of a complex visuomotor reaction, and the occurrence of drowsiness in the state of rest with the eyes closed. Furthermore, these negative signs of the state of monotony were more apparent in operators with dominance of α activity in the left hemisphere.
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Translated from Zhurnal Vysshei Nervnoi Deyatel’nosti imeni I. P. Pavlova, Vol. 64, No. 4, pp. 428–438, July–August, 2014.
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Lebedeva, N.N., Karimova, E.D. Neurophysiological Manifestations of the State of Monotony in Operators with Different Patterns of Interhemisphere α Activity Asymmetry. Neurosci Behav Physi 46, 198–204 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11055-015-0218-1
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