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Document ID (ISN)25314
CIS number 76-1170
ISSN - Serial title 0041-1868 - Travail humain
Year 1974
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Bainbridge L.
Title Problems in the assessment of mental load.
Bibliographic information July 1974, Vol.37, No.2, p.279-302. Illus. 64 ref.
Abstract Ergonomic study demonstrating the complexity of the relation between the mental work load imposed by task demands, and the work load as experienced by each individual. Detailed observations on the role played in the above relation by the strategy used and the individual's capacity for mental work. The problem of prediction of performance is analysed in the light of the influencing factors obtained.
Descriptors (primary) mental work capacity; workload assessment; mental workload
Descriptors (secondary) subjective assessment; prediction; mental stress; individual variables
Document type -
Subject(s) Psychology and sociology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Mental workload