Mackworth Clock
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mackworth-clock-275-17072376
title:
Mackworth Clock
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The Mackworth Clock is an experimental device used in the field of experimental psychology to study the effects of long term vigilance on the detection of signals. It was originally created by Norman Mackworth as an experimental simulation of long term monitoring by radar operators in the British Air Force during World War II. The device has a large black pointer in a large circular background like a clock. The pointer moves in short jumps like the second hand of an analog clock, approximately e
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Experimental device
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackworth_Clock
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2022-04-16T11:21:12Z
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