The effects of antihistamine use on visual search tasks

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dc.contributor.authorWhitehouse, Gail Lynnen
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial Engineering and Operations Researchen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:31:20Zen
dc.date.adate2009-03-12en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:31:20Zen
dc.date.issued1990en
dc.date.rdate2009-03-12en
dc.date.sdate2009-03-12en
dc.description.abstractPrevious research has shown that most antihistamines have sedative effects and can lead to deterioration of psychomotor performance. The objective of this research was to determine if two antihistamines (diphenhydramine and astemizole) administered at a therapeutic dose level will affect a subject's visual search capabilities. The results of this research indicate that astemizole did not significantly decrement a subject’s ability to visually search as compared to the performance of that same subject after ingesting a placebo. Diphenhydramine produced significantly poorer visual search results than did astemizole.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentxv, 153 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-03122009-041309en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-03122009-041309/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/41500en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1990.W525.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 22336503en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1990.W525en
dc.subject.lcshAntihistamines -- Physiological effecten
dc.subject.lcshAntihistamines -- Researchen
dc.subject.lcshVision -- Researchen
dc.titleThe effects of antihistamine use on visual search tasksen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial Engineering and Operations Researchen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen
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