- Author
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Bruck, D.
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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
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Fire Safety Journal,
Vol. 25,
No. 2,
125-139,
1995
- Keywords
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smoke detectors
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sleep
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response time
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adults
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signals
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volume
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noise (sound)
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reaction time
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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