A novel approach to the physiological measurement of mental workload

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 75-78

  Miller, Matthew W ^a   Rietschel, Jeremy C ^a   McDonald, Craig G ^b   Hatfield, Bradley D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Event Related Potential; Mental Workload; Performance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BRAIN CORTEX; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL LOAD; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; EVOKED POTENTIALS, AUDITORY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953111830     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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