Computer breakdown as a stress factor during task completion under time pressure: Identifying gender differences based on skin conductance

Advances in Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Riedl, René ^a,b   Kindermann, Harald ^a   Auinger, Andreas ^a   Javor, Andrija ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^c KEPLER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Austria)

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EID: 84888345284     PISSN: 16875893     EISSN: 16875907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/420169     Document Type: Article

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