Mental workload and visual impairment: Differences between pupil, blink, and subjective rating

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 374-385

  Recarte, Miguel Ángel ^a   Ṕerez, Elisa ^a   Conchillo, Ángela ^a   Nunes, Luis Miguel ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Dpto de Relaciones Con Iberoamérica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Blink; Distraction in driving; Mental workload; NASA TLX rating scale; Pupil

Indexed keywords

EID: 56049107310     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1138741600004406     Document Type: Article

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