Sensitivity of physiological measures for detecting systematic variations in cognitive demand from a working memory task: An on-road study across three age groups

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 396-412

  Mehler, Bruce ^a   Reimer, Bryan ^a   Coughlin, Joseph F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

heart rate; mental workload; skin conductance; verbal response; working memory; workload manager

Indexed keywords

HEART RATES; MENTAL WORKLOAD; SKIN CONDUCTANCE; VERBAL RESPONSE; WORKING MEMORIES;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; DESIGN; HEART; MANAGERS; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

PHYSIOLOGICAL MODELS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN TEMPERATURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861369946     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812442086     Document Type: Review

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