Alert Fatigue Research

DOI: 10.20944/preprints202603.1014.v1

The Peripheral
Watch

You're watching your instruments. But what's happening at the edge of your vision?

275°
3 phases · 3 minutes · Dual-task challenge

Night watch. You are at the helm.

The heading drifts off course. Use the +/− buttons to steer back to 275°. In Phase 2 and 3, vessel lights appear at the screen edges — tap them before they fade.

Heading Drift Use ±1° and ±10° to steer back on course
Vessel Lights Screen edges — Tap to detect

Phase 1 is instruments only — no peripheral targets.

PHASE 1 / 3
DATA RECORDING
3:00
275°
SOG
6.2 kn
COG
245 T
DPT
14.3 m
AWA
22 kn
0
/100
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