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.
TY - 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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author = "Mijović, Pavle and Milovanović, M. and Ković, Vanja and Gligorijević, Ivan and Mijović, Bogdan and Macuzić, Ivan",
year = "2017",
abstract = "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.",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
journal = "Communications in Computer and Information Science",
title = "Neuroergonomics method for measuring the influence of mental workload modulation on cognitive state of manual assembly worker",
pages = "224-213",
volume = "726",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-61061-0_14"
}
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 . .
