Neuroergonomics: A review of applications to physical and cognitive work

Frontiers in Human Neuroscience

Volumn 7, Issue DEC, 2013, Pages

  Mehta, Ranjana K ^a   Parasuraman, Raja ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental fatigue; Neuroadaptive systems; Physical fatigue; Physical work parameters; Training; Vigilance

Indexed keywords

ALERTNESS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN FUNCTION; COGNITION; DYSTHYMIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ERGONOMICS; EVENT RELATED POTENTIAL; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NEUROERGONOMICS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSCIENCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL FATIGUE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 84891073500     PISSN: 16625161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2013.00889     Document Type: Review

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