Psychophysiological responses to changes in workload during simulated air traffic control

Biological Psychology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 361-377

  Brookings, Jeffrey B ^a   Wilson, Glenn F ^b   Swain, Carolyne R ^c  

^a WITTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Logicon Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Air traffic control; Cognitive workload; EEG; Eye blinks; Heart rate; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; BREATHING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EYELID REFLEX; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0030069472     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0301-0511(95)05167-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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