Victor Finomore

Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute

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Joel S. Warm

United States Air Force Research Laboratory

Tyler H. Shaw

George Mason University

Gregory J. Funke

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Matthew E. Funke

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Ali R. Rezai

Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute

Kelly Satterfield

George Mason University

Gerald Matthews

George Mason University

Vincent Mancuso

MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Benjamin A. Knott

University of Bristol

Courtney Castle

Boston College

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Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute

United States Air Force Research Laboratory

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

George Mason University

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

University of Central Florida

University of Cincinnati

Université de Toulouse

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Sleep well and live well: Impact of sleep hygiene intervention on sleep duration in a rural community: A randomized controlled trial (THE SWELL STUDY)

The Journal of Rural Health (2025)

Sunil Sharma Robert Stansbury Jad Ramadan Edward Rojas Victor Finomore

Abstract Introduction Sleep is a key component of a healthy lifestyle and the Center for Disease Control (CDC) and prevention recommends that adults get at least 7 hours of sleep each night. Within the United States, West Virginia is among the most sleep‐deprived states with 42% of the population reporting insufficient sleep per the CDC. Sleep insufficiency in rural populations is linked to disparities in health and accessibility to health care services. The study evaluated the impact of sleep hygiene (SH) education on sleep duration and quality. Methods A 12‐week randomized controlled trial of participants residing in Harrison County, WV. Baseline data included the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale, and sleep duration as recorded by a sleep wearable. The intervention included an SH video on weeks 3 and 5. The control arm did not receive intervention but were allowed to cross over and receive intervention at week 8. Results A total of 100 participants (61 females) were recruited from the community. No changes in sleep duration were observed in intention to treat analysis between Arm 1 and Arm 2 at 7 weeks. In the treatment analysis, the compliant cohort demonstrated a significant increase of 31 minutes mean sleep duration ( P = .01) as well as an improvement in the PSQI (6.30 to 5.68 by week 12, P = .05). Conclusion The study demonstrates that the introduction of a modest SH intervention may have a beneficial effect on the duration and quality of sleep in a rural community. ClinicalTrials. gov Identifier: NCT04849572

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Sleep

Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Sleep onset latency

10.1111/jrh.70002

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Subcortical correlates of consciousness with human single neuron recordings

Michael Pereira Nathan Faivre Fosco Bernasconi Nicholas J. Brandmeir Jacob Suffridge

Subcortical brain structures such as the basal ganglia or the thalamus are involved in regulating motor and cognitive behavior. However, their contribution to perceptual consciousness is still unclear, due to the inherent difficulties of recording subcortical neuronal activity in humans. Here, we asked neurological patients undergoing surgery for deep brain stimulation to detect weak vibrotactile stimuli applied on their hand while recording single neuron activity from the tip of a microelectrode. We isolated putative single neurons in the subthalamic nucleus and thalamus. A significant proportion of neurons modulated their activity while participants were expecting a stimulus. We isolated a subset of neurons for which we had sufficiently good behavior to contrast neuronal activity between detected and undetected stimuli. We found that the firing rate of 23% of these neurons differed between detected and undetected stimuli. Our results provide direct neurophysiological evidence of the involvement of subcortical structures in for the detection of vibrotactile stimuli, thereby calling for a less cortico-centric view of the neural correlates of consciousness.

10.7554/elife.95272

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Neuroergonomics

Elsevier eBooks (2018)

Nikki Levy Natalie Farra Kathy Padilla Poulouse Joseph Mark E. Rogers

10.1016/c2016-0-02196-4

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Human Factors and the United States Military

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (2016)

Chad C. Tossell Victor Finomore Mica R. Endsley Christopher D. Wickens Winston Bennett

For nearly 75 years, the United States military has partnered with human factors researchers and practitioners to improve its effectiveness by designing better systems and contributing to a better understanding of human-system performance. Aviation, for example, has been one of several domains to reap numerous benefits from this partnership. Still, there is an enormous amount of research requiring human factors expertise in the years to come. This panel will discuss the current state and benefits of military human factors research and identify areas of future collaboration.

Military aviation

10.1177/1541931213601020

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Focused Ultrasound Neuromodulation: Exploring a Novel Treatment for Severe Opioid Use Disorder

Biological Psychiatry (2025)

Ali R. Rezai Daisy G.Y. Thompson-Lake Pierre-François D’Haese Nathalie H. Meyer Manish Ranjan

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Sacral nerve stimulation

10.1016/j.biopsych.2025.01.001

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Robot Knows Best? A Comparison of Compliance with Human and Robotic Coaches

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (2019)

Kelly Satterfield Victor Finomore Vincent Mancuso Joseph Lyons Ewart J. de Visser

Human–robot interaction

10.1177/1071181319631412

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Studying Distributed Collaborations Using the Resource Allocation Negotiation Task (RANT)

Communications in computer and information science (2013)

Vincent Mancuso Victor Finomore Gregory J. Funke Benjamin A. Knott

Resource Management

10.1007/978-3-642-39476-8_102

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Beyond frequency counts: Novel conceptual recurrence analysis metrics to index semantic coordination in team communications

Behavior Research Methods (2018)

Michael Tolston Michael A. Riley Vincent Mancuso Victor Finomore Gregory J. Funke

Similarity (geometry)

10.3758/s13428-018-1132-6

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Effects of a Network-Centric Multi-Modal Communication Tool on a Communication Monitoring task

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (2010)

Victor Finomore Dianne Popik Courtney Castle Ron Dallman

Even with advanced collaborative technology, communication remains a critical component to mission success. With the shift towards network-centric warfare, standard radio communication needs to meet the needs of today's warfighter. A net-centric communication management suite called Multi-Modal Communication (MMC) had been developed. This integrated system captures, displays, records, and archives radio and text-based communication to better equip the warfighters. This study examined the performance associated with monitoring communication channels, with access to different tools. Operators monitored and responded to the occurrence of critical phrases presented during a 27-min communication-monitoring task. Communication performance was analyzed in regard to message detection, response accuracy, and time. Data showed that MMC provides a balance between the speed of radio listening and the accuracy and data-capturing capabilities of chat displays. MMC can be a beneficial tool to operators in its ability to increase intelligibly, while providing a persistent, searchable display that reduces perceived mental workload.

10.1177/154193121005402501

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An “Audio Annotation” Technique for Intuitive Communication in Spatial Tasks

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (2008)

Adrienne J. Ephrem Victor Finomore Robert H. Gilkey Rihana M. Newton Griffin D. Romigh

Navigating in any environment can be a very tedious task, and it becomes considerably more difficult when the environment is unfamiliar or when it contains threats that could possibly jeopardize the success of the mission. Often in difficult navigation environments there are external sensors present in the area that could provide critical information to the ground operator. The challenge is to find a way to transmit this information to the ground operator in an intuitive, timely, and unambiguous manner. In this study, we explore a technique called “audio annotation” where the sensor information is transmitted to a remote observer who processes it and relays it verbally to an operator on the ground. Spatial information can be conveyed intuitively by using a spatial audio display to project the apparent location of the remote observer's voice to an arbitrary location relative to the ground operator. The current study compared the “audio annotation” technique to standard monaural communications in a task that required a remote observer with a high-level view of the environment to assist a ground operator to avoid threats while locating a downed pilot in an urban environment. The overall performance in the audio annotation condition was found to be superior to the standard monaural condition.

Monaural

Observer (physics)

Operator (biology)

10.1177/154193120805202709

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