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Document ID (ISN)28287
CIS number 77-2080
ISSN - Serial title 0007-9936 - Cahiers de médecine interprofessionnelle
Year 1977
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Pardon N.
Title Methods of evaluation of the mental load
Original title Les méthodes d'approche de la charge mentale. [in French]
Bibliographic information 1st quarter 1977, No.65, p.19-38. Illus. 2 ref.
Abstract General remarks on the work load (different points of view of the work organiser and the ergonomist) and the mental load (qualitative and quantitive assessment), subjective experience of mental load (individual and collective reactions, fatigue). The article is mainly devoted to a review of objective evaluation criteria (work studies especially on the basis of the bit as unit of information, study of the operator's attitude in a mental work situation; productivity studies). The part played by environmental factors, trends in the mental load and ageing is also assessed. Example of questionnaire design.
Descriptors (primary) workload assessment; mental workload
Descriptors (secondary) work organization; ergonomics; round-up; age-linked differences; microclimate; work study
Document type -
Subject(s) Ergonomics and work organization
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Mental workload