Measuring mental workload using physiological measures: A systematic review

RL Charles, J Nixon - Applied ergonomics, 2019 - Elsevier
Technological advances have led to physiological measurement being increasingly used to
measure and predict operator states. Mental workload (MWL) in particular has been …

The validity of physiological measures to identify differences in intrinsic cognitive load

P Ayres, JY Lee, F Paas… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A sample of 33 experiments was extracted from the Web-of-Science database over a 5-year
period (2016–2020) that used physiological measures to measure intrinsic cognitive load …

A review of psychophysiological measures to assess cognitive states in real-world driving

M Lohani, BR Payne, DL Strayer - Frontiers in human neuroscience, 2019 - frontiersin.org
As driving functions become increasingly automated, motorists run the risk of becoming
cognitively removed from the driving process. Psychophysiological measures may provide …

HeartPy: A novel heart rate algorithm for the analysis of noisy signals

P Van Gent, H Farah, N Van Nes… - … research part F: traffic …, 2019 - Elsevier
Heart rate data are often collected in human factors studies, including those into vehicle
automation. Advances in open hardware platforms and off-the-shelf photoplethysmogram …

A systematic review of physiological measures of mental workload

D Tao, H Tan, H Wang, X Zhang, X Qu… - International journal of …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Mental workload (MWL) can affect human performance and is considered critical in the
design and evaluation of complex human-machine systems. While numerous physiological …

Effects of cognitive load on driving performance: The cognitive control hypothesis

J Engström, G Markkula, T Victor, N Merat - Human factors, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Objective: The objective of this paper was to outline an explanatory framework for
understanding effects of cognitive load on driving performance and to review the existing …

Mental workload is reflected in driver behaviour, physiology, eye movements and prefrontal cortex activation

HJ Foy, P Chapman - Applied ergonomics, 2018 - Elsevier
Mental workload is an important factor during driving, as both high and low levels may result
in driver error. This research examined the mental workload of drivers caused by changes in …

Combining and comparing EEG, peripheral physiology and eye-related measures for the assessment of mental workload

MA Hogervorst, AM Brouwer, JBF Van Erp - Frontiers in neuroscience, 2014 - frontiersin.org
While studies exist that compare different physiological variables with respect to their
association with mental workload, it is still largely unclear which variables supply the best …

Distracted worker: Using pupil size and blink rate to detect cognitive load during manufacturing tasks

FN Biondi, B Saberi, F Graf, J Cort, P Pillai… - Applied ergonomics, 2023 - Elsevier
This study sets out to extend the use of blink rate and pupil size to the assessment of
cognitive load of completing common automotive manufacturing tasks. Nonoptimal cognitive …

Respiratory changes in response to cognitive load: A systematic review

M Grassmann, E Vlemincx, A Von Leupoldt… - Neural …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
When people focus attention or carry out a demanding task, their breathing changes. But
which parameters of respiration vary exactly and can respiration reliably be used as an …