Impact of incremental increases in cognitive workload on physiological arousal and performance in young adult drivers

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2138, 2009, Pages 6-12

  Mehler, Bruce ^a   Reimer, Bryan ^a   Coughlin, Joseph F ^a   Dusek, Jeffery A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ABBOTT NORTHWESTERN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HEART; PATIENT MONITORING;

COGNITIVE WORKLOADS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; HEART-RATE; MENTAL WORKLOAD; PERFORMANCE; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES; RESPIRATION RATE; SIMULATED DRIVING; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; YOUNG ADULTS;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

EID: 76749144231     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2138-02     Document Type: Article

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