Basic research on measurement of mental work load utilizing physiological information

Japanese Journal of Industrial Health

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 105-117

  Takano, Kenichi ^a   Yoshino, Kenji ^a   Nagasaka, Akihiko ^a  

^a CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

mental work load; physiological information; secondary task; single channel model; skin resistance reflex; subjective score; task time analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; MENTAL LOAD; PHYSIOLOGY; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ENGLISH ABSTRACT; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESPIRATION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0025334375     PISSN: 00471879     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh1959.32.105     Document Type: Article

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