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CISDOC database
| Document ID (ISN) | 52015 |
| CIS number |
89-1391 |
| ISSN - Serial title |
0019-8366 - Industrial Health |
| Year |
1987 |
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| Author(s) |
Kakizaki T. |
| Title |
Sex differences in mental workload during performance of mental tasks |
| Bibliographic information |
1987, Vol.25, No.4, p.183-193. Illus. 18 ref. |
| Abstract |
In 1 of 2 experiments which had been previously carried out in male students, 24 female students performed 4 mental tasks for 5min each. An objective electroencephalographic mental workload index, i.e. occipital midline beta-2 (Ozβ2) amplitude, showed that all tasks caused a higher mental workload in females than in males. A subjective mental workload index, i.e. subjective rating of task difficulty (SRTD) however showed that females had a tendency to perceive a lower mental workload than did males. In the 2nd experiment, where a paced calculating task was imposed on another 24 female students at 5 grades of task load for 5min each, the critical values for excessive workload were estimated to be about 7.0µV (the difference between the levels at work and at rest) for Ozβ2 amplitude and 3.5 for SRTD. Hence none of the above 4 tasks constituted an objectively excessive workload in females, whereas all of them were excessive in males. |
| Descriptors (primary) |
mental workload; sex-linked differences; women; assessment of working capacity |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
mental work; human experiments; mental work capacity; work capacity |
| Document type |
D - Periodical articles |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
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| Broad subject area(s) |
Physiology, ergonomics
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| Browse category(ies) |
Mental workload
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