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ReviewBrain sciences2019

Vigilance Decrement and Enhancement Techniques: A Review.

Fares Al-Shargie, Usman Tariq, Hasan Mir, Hamad Alawar, Fabio Babiloni, Hasan Al-Nashash

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Review in Brain sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.

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29citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed.

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  6. Cognitive subtypes in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis.Psychiatry and clinical neurosciences · 2025
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  17. A review of cyber vigilance tasks for network defense.Frontiers in neuroergonomics · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Fares Al-ShargieDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Biosciences and Bioengineering Research Institute, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates. fyahya@aus.edu.
Usman TariqDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Biosciences and Bioengineering Research Institute, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates.
Hasan MirDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Biosciences and Bioengineering Research Institute, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates.
Hamad AlawarDubai Police Headquarters, Dubai 1493, United Arab Emirates.
Fabio BabiloniDept. Molecular Medicine, University of Rome Sapienza, 00185 Rome, Italy.
Hasan Al-NashashDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Biosciences and Bioengineering Research Institute, American University of Sharjah, Sharjah 26666, United Arab Emirates.

Funding

American University of Sharjah (AUS) BBRI-FRG18
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This paper presents the first comprehensive review on vigilance enhancement using both conventional and unconventional means, and further discusses the resulting contradictory findings. It highlights the key differences observed between the research findings and argues that variations of the experimental protocol could be a significant contributing factor towards such contradictory results. Furthermore, the paper reveals the effectiveness of unconventional means of enhancement in significant reduction of vigilance decrement compared to conventional means. Meanwhile, a discussion on the challenges of enhancement techniques is presented, with several suggested recommendations and alternative strategies to maintain an adequate level of vigilance for the task at hand. Additionally, this review provides evidence in support of the use of unconventional means of enhancement on vigilance studies, regardless of their practical challenges.

Indexed as

VigilanceVigilance Decrement, Vigilance Enhancement, Conventional Means of Enhancement, and Unconventional Means of Enhancement

Identifiers

PMID31357524
PMCPMC6721323

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