The effect of page layout on mental workload: A dual-task experiment

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1229-1245

  Wästlund, Erik ^a   Norlander, Torsten ^a   Archer, Trevor ^b  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dual task; Information processing; Mental workload; Page layout; Reading; Working memory

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; OPTIMIZATION;

MENTAL WORKLOAD; PAGE LAYOUT; READING; WORKING MEMORY;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 39749182300     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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