| Document ID (ISN) | 100693 |
| CIS number |
02-1585 |
| ISBN(s) |
84-7425-605-4 |
| Year |
2002 |
| Convention or series no. |
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| Author(s) |
Sebastián García O., del Hoyo Delgado M.Á. |
| Title |
Mental workload |
| Original title |
La carga mental de trabajo [in Spanish] |
| Bibliographic information |
Instituto Nacional de Seguridad e Higiene en el Trabajo, c/Torrelaguna 73, 28027 Madrid, Spain, 2002. 51p. 22 ref. |
| Abstract |
This booklet begins with a definition of mental workload, and proceeds with a description of the determinants of mental workload in occupational settings (job requirements and capacity of the worker to respond), its main characteristics and consequences (fatigue giving rise to decreases and/or errors in performance). Several methods and scales for evaluating mental workload, as well as measures for the prevention of mental fatigue, are also presented. A summary of the ISO 10075 standard on ergonomic principles with respect to mental workload is also included. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
Spain; training material; risk factors; mental workload |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
work organization; ISO; occupational psychology; fatigue; social aspects; ergonomics; conditions of work; training manuals; mental stress; human behaviour |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Country / State or Province | Spain |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
Mental workload
OSH training
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