Spontaneous and reflexive eye activity measures of mental workload

Australian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 174-179

  Neumann, David L ^a   Lipp, Ottmar V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0036967666     PISSN: 00049530     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00049530412331312764     Document Type: Article

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