Workload assessment of computer gaming using a single-stimulus event-related potential paradigm

Biological Psychology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-283

  Allison, Brendan Z ^a   Polich, John ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Event related potential; Gaming; P300; Single stimulus paradigm; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COGNITION; COMPUTER; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; GAME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; STIMULUS RESPONSE; WORKLOAD;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ARTIFACTS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EVOKED POTENTIALS; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 39249085106     PISSN: 03010511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biopsycho.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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