The impact of cognitive workload on physiological arousal in young adult drivers: A field study and simulation validation

Ergonomics

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 932-942

  Reimer, Bryan ^a   Mehler, Bruce ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive workload; Driver state; Heart rate; Simulator validity; Skin conductance

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DEMANDS; COGNITIVE WORKLOADS; DRIVER STATE; DRIVING CONDITIONS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SIMULATION; FIELD STUDIES; HEART RATE; HEART RATES; INTERFACE DESIGNS; NONINVASIVE METHODS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASURES; RESPONSE PATTERNS; SIMULATION VALIDATION; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; STATISTICAL CRITERION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DESIGN; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; SIMULATORS;

PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRODERMAL RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AROUSAL; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053601898     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2011.604431     Document Type: Article

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