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Document ID (ISN)25913
CIS number 76-1784
ISSN - Serial title 0323-9179 - Problemi na higienata
Year 1975
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Gančeva P.
Title Evaluation of psychic stress in air traffic controllers and card punching machine operators by measurement of the residual mental capacity by the double-task technique
Original title Ocenka na psihičeskoto natovarvane na răkovoditelite na poleti i operatorite na perforirašti mašini posredstvom izmervane na ostatăčnija psihičen kapacitet črez metoda na dvojnata zadača [in Bulgarian]
Bibliographic information 1975, Vol.1, No.1, p.17-22. 6 ref.
Abstract Residual mental capacity determined by the double-task method varied with the nature of the work and the prevailing conditions. Increasing the number of tasks under normal conditions has a less negative influence on residual mental capacity than execution of the same tasks in complex circumstances (e.g. bad weather conditions). During the shift the residual mental capacity deteriorates with increasing fatigue.
Descriptors (primary) mental work capacity; punched-card processing; air traffic control; measurement of work and effort; mental stress
Descriptors (secondary) nervous fatigue; conditions of work; comparative study; residual mental capacity; stress evaluation
Document type -
Subject(s) Occupational physiology
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Office work
Mental workload
Mental stress and burnout
Air transportation