The Rotary Pursuit Test Is Not an Index of Normal Psychomotor Function in Humans

Abstract

Variation of psychomotor performance during a normal working day and in noncircadian disrupted individuals cannot be measured by the rotary pursuit test. Furthermore, a learning effect could mask any variation in performance.

Short-term effects of a randomized controlled worksite relaxation intervention in Greece

“…The salivary cortisol measurements confirmed the wellknown diurnal variations [33]. The difference found in favour of the intervention group has never been reported before in a such short-term intervention in apparently healthy people.…”