Effects of Air-Conditioned Environments on Performance in Paired-Associate Learning and Vigilance Detection Tasks
The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
1996, v.8 no.2, pp.331-343
Jung-Oh Kim
(Department of Psychology, Seoul National University)
Min-Kyu Park
(Department of Psychology, Seoul National University)
Sang-hun Lee
(Department of Psychology, Seoul National University)
Kim,
J., Park,
M., &
Lee,
S.
(1996). Effects of Air-Conditioned Environments on Performance in Paired-Associate Learning and Vigilance Detection Tasks. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 8(2), 331-343.
Abstract
Paired-associate learning and vigilance detection tasks were used to evaluate two air-conditioning systems that differed in their control of temperatures and wind flow. In Experiment 1, a new system that simulates natural wind was found to facilitate students' paired-associate learning as compared to the existing system that consistently emitted the same wind flow. Experiment 2 measured subjects' vigilance detection in hit rates, false alarms and sensitivity and found that the new system's superiority in performance was based on its maintenance of sustained arousal.