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Overview

William S. Helton is affiliated with George Mason University in the United States. Their research spans primarily the fields of psychology and neuroscience, with significant contributions to cognitive neuroscience and social psychology. The scientist's work also includes elements of experimental and cognitive psychology, information systems and management, as well as developmental and educational psychology.

The central themes of their research cover a variety of topics including human-automation interaction and safety, neural and behavioral psychology studies, mind wandering and attention, personal information management and user behavior, neural dynamics and brain function, occupational health and safety research, and sports performance and training.

Helton has published extensively in several academic venues. Frequent publication venues include Applied Ergonomics with nine publications, Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting with eight, Experimental Brain Research with four, Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society with four, and Psychological Research with three publications.

Recent papers authored or coauthored by Helton include:

  • "Go-stimuli probability influences response bias in the sustained attention to response task: a signal detection theory perspective," 2022, Psychological Research
  • "The quick and the dead: A paradigm for studying friendly fire," 2020, Applied Ergonomics
  • "The effects of dual-task interference on visual search and verbal memory," 2022, Ergonomics
  • "The impact of cognitive load on climbing and climbing on cognitive performance," 2021, Applied Ergonomics
  • "Dual-task interference while receiving information on a head mounted display and manual tracking with and without auditory warnings," 2022, Applied Ergonomics

Helton's collaborative network includes frequent coauthors such as Paul N. Russell, Tyler H. Shaw, Samantha L. Smith, Kenneth M. Jackson, and Aman Bedi. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse range of studies mostly centered on ergonomics, cognitive load effects, and safety in human factors.

Best Publications

  • Signal salience and the mindlessness theory of vigilance.

    William S. Helton;Joel S. Warm

  • Validation of a Short Stress State Questionnaire

    William S. Helton

  • Signal regularity and the mindlessness model of vigilance

    William S. Helton;Todd D. Hollander;Joel S. Warm;Gerald Matthews

  • Impulsive responding and the sustained attention to response task.

    William S. Helton

  • Optimism, pessimism, and false failure feedback: Effects on vigilance performance

    William S. Helton;William N. Dember;Joel S. Warm;Gerald Matthews

  • Working memory load and the vigilance decrement

    William S. Helton;Paul N. Russell

  • Rest is best: the role of rest and task interruptions on vigilance.

    William S. Helton;Paul N. Russell

  • Cerebral lateralization of vigilance: A function of task difficulty

    William S. Helton;Joel S. Warm;Lloyd D. Tripp;Gerald Matthews

  • Conscious thought and the sustained attention to response task.

    William S. Helton;Rosalie P. Kern;Donieka R. Walker

  • Stress state mediation between environmental variables and performance: the case of noise and vigilance.

    William S. Helton;Gerald Matthews;Joel S. Warm

  • The abbreviated vigilance task and cerebral hemodynamics.

    William S Helton;Todd D Hollander;Joel S Warm;Lloyd D Tripp

  • Short Stress State Questionnaire

    William S. Helton;Katharina Näswall

  • Sustained attention failures are primarily due to sustained cognitive load not task monotony

    James Head;William S. Helton

  • Effects of breaks and goal switches on the vigilance decrement.

    Hayden A. Ross;Paul N. Russell;William S. Helton

  • Search asymmetry, sustained attention, and response inhibition.

    Hugh Stevenson;Paul N. Russell;William S. Helton

  • Effects of warned and unwarned demand transitions on vigilance performance and stress.

    William S. Helton;Tyler Shaw;Joel S. Warm;Gerald Matthews

  • Dual-task performance during a climbing traverse

    Alexander L. Green;William S. Helton

  • Target predictability, sustained attention, and response inhibition.

    Leonie Carter;Paul N. Russell;William S. Helton

  • Brief mental breaks and content-free cues may not keep you focused

    William S. Helton;Paul N. Russell

  • Visuospatial and verbal working memory load: effects on visuospatial vigilance

    William S. Helton;Paul N. Russell

  • Feature absence-presence and two theories of lapses of sustained attention.

    William S. Helton;Paul N. Russell

Frequent Co-Authors

Gerald Matthews
Gerald Matthews George Mason University
Joel S. Warm
Joel S. Warm United States Air Force Research Laboratory
William N. Dember
William N. Dember University of Cincinnati
Raja Parasuraman
Raja Parasuraman George Mason University
Peter A. Hancock
Peter A. Hancock University of Central Florida
Martin J. Dorahy
Martin J. Dorahy University of Canterbury
Barbara Griffin
Barbara Griffin Macquarie University
Taciano L. Milfont
Taciano L. Milfont University of Waikato

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