Neuroergonomics method for measuring the influence of mental workload modulation on cognitive state of manual assembly worker
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2017
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Mijović, PavleMilovanović, M.
Ković, Vanja

Gligorijević, Ivan
Mijović, Bogdan
Macuzić, Ivan

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In this study, we simulated a manual assembly operation, where participants were exposed to two distinct ways of information presentation, reflecting two task conditions (monotonous and more demanding task condition). We investigated how changes in mental workload (MWL) modulate the P300 component of event-related potentials (ERPs), recorded from wireless electroencephalography (EEG), reaction times (RTs) and quantity of task unrelated movements (retrieved from Kinect). We found a decrease in P300 amplitude and an increase in the quantity of the task unrelated movements, both indicating a decrease in attention level during a monotonous task (lower MWL). During the more demanding task, where a slightly higher MWL was imposed, these trends were not obvious. RTs did not show any dependency on the level of workload applied. These results suggest that a wireless EEG, but also Kinect, can be used to measure the influence of MWL variation on the cognitive state of the workers.
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Wireless EEG / Reaction times / Mental workload / Kinect / AttentionSource:
Communications in Computer and Information Science, 2017, 726, 213-224Publisher:
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Mijović, Pavle AU - Milovanović, M. AU - Ković, Vanja AU - Gligorijević, Ivan AU - Mijović, Bogdan AU - Macuzić, Ivan PY - 2017 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2437 AB - In this study, we simulated a manual assembly operation, where participants were exposed to two distinct ways of information presentation, reflecting two task conditions (monotonous and more demanding task condition). We investigated how changes in mental workload (MWL) modulate the P300 component of event-related potentials (ERPs), recorded from wireless electroencephalography (EEG), reaction times (RTs) and quantity of task unrelated movements (retrieved from Kinect). We found a decrease in P300 amplitude and an increase in the quantity of the task unrelated movements, both indicating a decrease in attention level during a monotonous task (lower MWL). During the more demanding task, where a slightly higher MWL was imposed, these trends were not obvious. RTs did not show any dependency on the level of workload applied. These results suggest that a wireless EEG, but also Kinect, can be used to measure the influence of MWL variation on the cognitive state of the workers. PB - Springer Verlag T2 - Communications in Computer and Information Science T1 - Neuroergonomics method for measuring the influence of mental workload modulation on cognitive state of manual assembly worker EP - 224 SP - 213 VL - 726 DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-61061-0_14 ER -
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Mijović, P., Milovanović, M., Ković, V., Gligorijević, I., Mijović, B.,& Macuzić, I.. (2017). Neuroergonomics method for measuring the influence of mental workload modulation on cognitive state of manual assembly worker. in Communications in Computer and Information Science Springer Verlag., 726, 213-224. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61061-0_14
Mijović P, Milovanović M, Ković V, Gligorijević I, Mijović B, Macuzić I. Neuroergonomics method for measuring the influence of mental workload modulation on cognitive state of manual assembly worker. in Communications in Computer and Information Science. 2017;726:213-224. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-61061-0_14 .
Mijović, Pavle, Milovanović, M., Ković, Vanja, Gligorijević, Ivan, Mijović, Bogdan, Macuzić, Ivan, "Neuroergonomics method for measuring the influence of mental workload modulation on cognitive state of manual assembly worker" in Communications in Computer and Information Science, 726 (2017):213-224, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61061-0_14 . .