Electroencephalographic study of mental fatigue in visual display terminal tasks

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 124-131

  Cheng, Shyh Yueh ^a,b   Lee, Hsiao Yu ^c   Shu, Chi Min ^d   Hsu, Hong Te ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

^c FAR EAST UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography (EEG); Event related potential (ERP); Mental fatigue; P300; Visual display terminals (VDT)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EVENT-RELATED POTENTIAL (ERP); MENTAL FATIGUE; VISUAL DISPLAY TERMINALS (VDT);

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MICROCOMPUTER; NORMAL HUMAN; POWER SPECTRUM; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 34848814477     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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