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Document ID (ISN)52213
CIS number 89-1398
ISSN - Serial title 0340-2444 - Zeitschrift für Arbeitswissenschaft
Year 1988
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Boucsein W.
Title Waiting time at the computer - recreation or stress?
Original title Wartezeiten am Rechner - Erholung oder Stress? [in German]
Bibliographic information 1988, Vol.42, No.4, p.222-225. Illus. 14 ref.
Abstract Subjective complaints, physiological changes (e.g. of heart rate, blood pressure), and performance at various computer response times were determined. Observed negative effects by too short and too long computer response times are outlined.
Descriptors (primary) work capacity; reaction time; stress evaluation; computers; man-computer interfaces; computer terminals
Descriptors (secondary) mental workload; skin resistance; ergonomic evaluation; blood pressure; mental stress; galvanic skin response
Document type D - Periodical articles
Subject(s) Ergonomics and work organization
Broad subject area(s) Stress, psychosocial factors
Browse category(ies) Visual display terminals (VDTs)
Office work