Body posture as an indicator of workload in mental work

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 626-635

  Qiu, Jing ^a   Helbig, Rolf ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

body posture; human behavior; mental work; workload; workload assessment

Indexed keywords

BODY POSTURES; HUMAN BEHAVIORS; MENTAL WORK; WORKLOAD; WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY POSTURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; THINKING; VIDEORECORDING; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; THINKING; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863978288     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812437275     Document Type: Article

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