NASA TLX: Software for assessing subjective mental workload

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 113-117

  Cao, Alex ^a   Chintamani, Keshav K ^a   Pandya, Abhilash K ^a   Ellis, R Darin ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN; MENTAL FUNCTION; REACTION TIME; RECALL; ROTATION; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MENTAL RECALL; REACTION TIME; ROTATION; SOFTWARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 65349133507     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.1.113     Document Type: Article

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