Catastrophe models for cognitive workload and fatigue

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 586-602

  Guastello, Stephen J ^a   Boeh, Henry ^a   Shumaker, Curt ^a   Schimmels, Michael ^a  

^a Marquette University   (United States)

Author keywords

catastrophe; cognitive workload; cusp; episodic memory; fatigue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863616686     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1463922X.2011.552131     Document Type: Article

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