Cognitive load in simultaneous interpreting measures and methods

Target

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 18-32

  Seeber, Kilian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analytical methods; Cognitive load; Mental effort; Methodology; Performance methods; Psycho physiological methods; Pupillometry; Simultaneous interpreting; Subjective methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874716226     PISSN: 09241884     EISSN: 15699986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/target.25.1.03see     Document Type: Article

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