Cardiac Measures of Driver Workload during Simulated Driving with and without Visual Occlusion

Human Factors

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 525-538

  Backs, Richard W ^a   Lenneman, John K ^b   Wetzel, Jacob M ^a   Green, Paul ^c,d  

^a CENTRAL MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEART RATE; RESPIRATOR SINUS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CARDIOLOGY; VEHICLES;

OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES;

ADULT; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; BREATHING RATE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART FUNCTION; HEART PREEJECTION PERIOD; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMPEDANCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SINUS ARRHYTHMIA; VISION; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1442275273     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.45.4.525.27089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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