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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2020

Indexing Mental Workload During Simulated Air Traffic Control Tasks by Means of Dual Frequency Head Maps.

Thea Radüntz, Norbert Fürstenau, Thorsten Mühlhausen, Beate Meffert

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Thea RadüntzMental Health and Cognitive Capacity, Work and Health, Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Berlin, Germany.
Norbert FürstenauInstitute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center, Braunschweig, Germany.
Thorsten MühlhausenInstitute of Flight Guidance, German Aerospace Center, Braunschweig, Germany.
Beate MeffertSignal Processing and Pattern Recognition, Department of Computer Science, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany.

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Abstract

In our digitized society, advanced information and communication technology and highly interactive work environments impose high demands on cognitive capacity. Optimal workload conditions are important for assuring employee's health and safety of other persons. This is particularly relevant in safety-critical occupations, such as air traffic control. For measuring mental workload using the EEG, we have developed the method of Dual Frequency Head Maps (DFHM). The method was tested and validated already under laboratory conditions. However, validation of the method regarding reliability and reproducibility of results under realistic settings and real world scenarios was still required. In our study, we examined 21 air traffic controllers during arrival management tasks. Mental workload variations were achieved by simulation scenarios with different number of aircraft and the occurrence of a priority-flight request as an exceptional event. The workload was assessed using the EEG-based DFHM-workload index and instantaneous self-assessment questionnaire. The DFHM-workload index gave stable results with highly significant correlations between scenarios with similar traffic-load conditions (

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air traffic controllersbiomedical signal processingelectroencephalographymental workloadpattern recognitionpsychophysiologystate monitoring

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PMID32372970
PMCPMC7186426

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