The effect of mental workload on the visual field size and shape

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 816-834

  Rantanen, Esa M ^a   Goldberg, Joseph H ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Indust and Mfg Eng 207 Hammond Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Mental workload; Perimetry; Visual fields

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STATISTICAL METHODS; VISION;

MENTAL OVERLOAD; VISUAL PERIMETRY;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYNAMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MENTAL CAPACITY; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIMETRY; PERIPHERAL VISION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0032905960     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185315     Document Type: Article

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