The objective of this project is to develop a low-cost, open-ended automated laboratory system for performance measurement of abilities that contribute to human mental, sensory, and psychomotor performance (online computer-controlled presentation of test stimuli, subject response direct to computer, scoring and statistical processing by computer). Specific aims include: (1) development of software for presentation of subject stimuli, involving graphics on a video display screen, (2) development of a structural housing and digital electronics for a subject display/response console, (3) selection and development of interface software for a system microcomputer, and (4) thorough test of hardware and software. Such a system could be used to test or investigate human responses and adaptations to drugs, toxic gases, hypoxic states, fatigue, mental disorders, and disease states.Phase I involves prototype development (computer-generated test graphics and subject display/response console) and selection of the microcomputer. Phase II involves completion of the entire system prototype and thorough testing. Innovation involves potential for systematizing and making generally available many tests of human performance, with individual users able to develop their own tests or modify existing tests by changing software, not hardware. Commercial application potential extends to a wide range of users of human performance test devices.National Institute Of General Medical Sciences
