Fundamental examination of mental workload in the rail industry

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 463-482

  Pickup, Laura ^a   Wilson, John R ^a   Sharpies, Sarah ^a   Norris, Beverley ^a   Clarke, Theresa ^b   Young, Mark S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NETWORK RAIL   (United Kingdom)

^c Rail Safety and Standards Board   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demand; Effort; Mental workload; Rail; Signalling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007774385     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14639220500078021     Document Type: Article

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