Mental Workload: Its Theory and Measurement

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Workload and Workload Measurement....Pages 3-11
Models and Measures of Mental Workload....Pages 13-21
Secondary Tasks and Workload Measurement....Pages 23-28
Reflections on the Concept of Operator Workload....Pages 29-40
Some Remarks on Mental Load....Pages 41-77
Measures of Workload, Stress and Secondary Tasks....Pages 79-99
Final Report of Experimental Psychology Group....Pages 101-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-116
Mental Load in Monitoring Tasks....Pages 117-124
Defining and Measuring Perceptual-Motor Workload in Manual Control Tasks....Pages 125-177
A Proposed Set of Standardized Sub-Critical Tasks for Tracking Workload Calibration....Pages 179-188
A Model for Mental Workload in Tasks Requiring Continuous Information Processing....Pages 189-218
Definitions, Models and Measures of Human Workload....Pages 219-233
Final Report of Control Engineering Group....Pages 235-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Approaches to Mental Workload....Pages 255-262
Axiomatic Models of Workload....Pages 263-267
Final Report of Mathematical Modelling Group....Pages 269-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Process Entropy and Cognitive Control: Mental Load in Internalised Thought Processes....Pages 289-297
Mental Load, Mental Effort and Attention....Pages 299-325
Sinusarrhythmia and Mental Work Load....Pages 327-343
Measurement of Mental Workload....Pages 345-348
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
Physiological Indicators of Mental Workload....Pages 349-365
Final Report of Physiological Psychology Group....Pages 367-377
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Mental Workload Measurement in Air Traffic Control....Pages 381-385
Current Workload Methods and Emerging Challenges....Pages 387-416
Measurement of Pilot Workload....Pages 417-422
Determination of Stress and Strain at Real Work Places: Methods and Results of Field Studies with Air Traffic Control Officers....Pages 423-443
On Mental Load and Reduced Mental Capacity: Some Considerations Concerning Laboratory Research and Field Investigations....Pages 445-467
Final Report of Applications Group....Pages 469-495
Back Matter....Pages 497-500