Mental workload (MWL) is one of the most widely used concepts in ergonomics and human
factors and represents a topic of increasing importance. Since modern technology in many …

Staying attentive is challenging enough when carrying out everyday tasks, such as reading
or sitting through a lecture, and failures to do so can be frustrating and inconvenient …

Based on attention restoration theory we proposed that micro-breaks spent viewing a city
scene with a flowering meadow green roof would boost sustained attention. Sustained …

Fatigue can have a major impact on an individual's performance and wellbeing, yet is poorly
understood, even within the scientific community. There is no developed theory of its origins …

NASA-TLX is a multi-dimensional scale designed to obtain workload estimates from one or
more operators while they are performing a task or immediately afterwards. The years of …

Forming connections between human performance and design, this new edition of
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance examines human–machine interaction …

Abstract Changes in cortical activity during working memory tasks were examined with
electroencephalograms (EEGs) sampled from 115 channels and spatially sharpened with …

Understanding the factors underlying variation in attentional state is critical in a number of
domains. Here, we investigate the relation between time on task and mind wandering (ie, a …

Objective: We describe major discoveries and developments in vigilance research.
Background: Vigilance tasks have typically been viewed as undemanding assignments …

Sustained attention, often referred to as vigilance in humans, is the ability to maintain goal-
directed behavior for extended periods of time and respond to intermittent targets in the …