The Effect of Automated Verbal Commands During Avalanche Transceiver Search on Acute Mental Stress and Arousal—A Mixed‐Methods Crossover Field Study

• Published in: Brain and behavior Vol. 15; no. 7; pp. e70684 - n/a
• Main Authors: Wallner, Bernd, Caramazza, Fabio, Woyke, Simon, Winkler, Manuel, Regli, Ivo B., Mair, Peter, Putzer, Gabriel, Strapazzon, Giacomo, Falk, Markus, Brugger, Hermann, Hüfner, Katharina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States John Wiley & Sons, Inc 01.07.2025; John Wiley and Sons Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Adult; Arousal - physiology; Automation; avalanche medicine; Avalanches; companion rescue; Cross-Over Studies; Female; Field study; Humans; Male; Original; Pandemics; Post traumatic stress disorder; Self evaluation; Skiing; Statistical analysis; Stress, Psychological - physiopathology; Stress, Psychological - psychology; training; transceiver search; Transmitters; verbal commands; Winter sports; Young Adult; Austria; training; transceiver search; verbal commands; companion rescue; avalanche medicine

ABSTRACT Background Companion rescue using avalanche transceivers can lead to a disproportionate increase in mental stress and arousal, which can negatively affect performance. The aim of this mixed‐methods field study was to assess the effects of automated verbal commands on mental stress and affec...