Tapping task as an index of mental workload in a time sharing task

Japanese Psychological Research

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 144-151

  Shinohara, Kazumitsu ^a   Miura, Toshiaki ^a   Usui, Shinnosuke ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Attentional resource; Interval production; Mental workload; Tapping task

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036377168     PISSN: 00215368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-5884.00017     Document Type: Article

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