Smith A P, Tyrrell D A, Coyle K, Willman J S
Br J Psychol. 1987 May;78 ( Pt 2):183-8. doi: 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1987.tb02238.x.
The study reported here examined the effects of experimentally induced minor illnesses (colds and influenza) on the efficiency of human performance. Influenza impaired the ability to detect and respond quickly to stimuli appearing at irregular intervals, but had no effect on a task requiring hand-eye coordination. In contrast to this, colds impaired hand-eye coordination but had little effect on the detection tasks. These results are of great practical importance because many skills clearly involve both attentional and motor factors and are, therefore, likely to be impaired by minor illnesses. The findings are also of major theoretical interest because of the dissociation of psychological functions produced by the different types of illness.
本文所报告的研究考察了实验诱发的轻微疾病（感冒和流感）对人类行为效率的影响。流感损害了对不定期出现的刺激进行快速检测和反应的能力，但对一项需要手眼协调的任务没有影响。与此相反，感冒损害了手眼协调能力，但对检测任务影响不大。这些结果具有重大的实际意义，因为许多技能显然既涉及注意力因素又涉及运动因素，因此很可能会受到轻微疾病的损害。这些发现也具有重大的理论意义，因为不同类型的疾病导致了心理功能的分离。
