Title
Establishing Workload Manipulations Utilizing A Simulated Environment
Keywords
change blindness; complex systems; signal detection; simulated environments; Workload
Abstract
Research seeking to improve the measurement of workload requires the use of established task load manipulations to impose varying levels of demand on human operators. The present study sought to establish task load manipulations for research utilizing realistically complex task environments that elicit distinct levels of workload (i.e. low, medium, and high). A repeated measures design was used to test the effects of various demand manipulations on performance and subjective workload ratings using the NASA-Task Load Index (TLX) and Instantaneous Self-Assessment technique (ISA). This experiment successfully identified task demand manipulations that can be used to investigate operator workload within realistically complex environments. Results revealed that the event rate manipulations had the most consistent impact on performance and subjective workload ratings in both tasks, with each eliciting distinct levels of workload. © 2013 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Publication Date
10-7-2013
Publication Title
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume
8022 LNCS
Issue
PART 2
Number of Pages
211-220
Document Type
Article; Proceedings Paper
Personal Identifier
scopus
DOI Link
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-39420-1-23
Copyright Status
Unknown
Socpus ID
84884873524 (Scopus)
Source API URL
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84884873524
STARS Citation
Abich IV, Julian; Reinerman-Jones, Lauren; and Taylor, Grant, "Establishing Workload Manipulations Utilizing A Simulated Environment" (2013). Scopus Export 2010-2014. 6331.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/scopus2010/6331