- Author
- Bruck, D. | Horasan, M.
- Title
- Non-Arousal and Non-Action of Normal Sleepers in Response to a Smoke Detector Alarm.
- Coporate
- Victoria University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia
- Journal
- Fire Safety Journal, Vol. 25, No. 2, 125-139, 1995
- Keywords
- smoke detectors | sleep | response time | adults | signals | volume | noise (sound) | reaction time | human response
- Identifiers
- twenty-four young adults were exposed twice to a smoke detector alarm activated at 60 dBA; significance of signals; sleep stages and arousal thresholds; alarm volume and frequency; subjects not awoken by alarm; subjects woken by alarm; sleep log; time estimations; alarm incorporation into dream activity; interpretation and action upon being awoken; sex differences