Defining workload in the context of driver state detection and HMI evaluation

AutomotiveUI 2012 - 4th International Conference on Automotive User Interfaces and Interactive Vehicular Applications, In-cooperation with ACM SIGCHI - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 187-191

  Mehler, Bruce ^a   Reimer, Bryan ^a   Zec, Marin ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automation; Distraction; HMI design; Individual differences; Mental workload; Physiology; State detection; Workload

Indexed keywords

DISTRACTION; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MENTAL WORKLOAD; STATE DETECTION; WORKLOAD;

AUTOMATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

USER INTERFACES;

EID: 84870572835     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/2390256.2390288     Document Type: Conference Paper

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