Mental workload during brain-computer interface training

Ergonomics

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 526-537

  Felton, Elizabeth A ^a   Williams, Justin C ^b   Vanderheiden, Gregg C ^b   Radwin, Robert G ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

brain computer interface (BCI); electroencephalogram (EEG); Fitts' law; mental workload; NASA Task Load Index, NASA TLX

Indexed keywords

BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACES (BCI); EFFECTIVE TOOL; FITTS' LAW; LOAD INDEX; MENTAL WORKLOAD; NASA-TLX; PHYSICAL DEMAND; RATING PROCEDURES; SUBJECTIVE WORKLOAD; TARGET ACQUISITION;

ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); NASA; RATING; SURVEYS;

BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DYSTHYMIA; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN; CHILD; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; EDUCATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860913496     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.662526     Document Type: Article

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