What is the relationship between mental workload factors and cognitive load types?

International Journal of Psychophysiology

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 269-275

  Galy, Edith ^a   Cariou, Magali ^b   Mélan, Claudine ^b  

^a University of Provence Aix Marseille University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

Alertness; Cognitive load; Task difficulty; Time pressure; Working memory task; Workload measures

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE WORKLOAD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MENTAL STRESS; MENTAL TASK; MENTAL WORKLOAD; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WORKING MEMORY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MENTAL PROCESSES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859162591     PISSN: 01678760     EISSN: 18727697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2011.09.023     Document Type: Article

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