Title :
A touchscreen game to induce mental workload on human subjects
Author :
Parsinejad, Payam ; Sipahi, Rifat
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. & Ind. Eng., Northeastern Univ., Boston, MA, USA
Abstract :
A touch-screen game with an easy and difficult level is introduced with two game difficulties carefully designed with the hope that the game can induce lower/higher mental workload on subjects playing the game. Effectiveness of the game in inducing mental workload is assessed both subjectively via surveys and objectively via analysis of heart rate and skin conductance of participating 13 subjects.
Keywords :
bioelectric potentials; cardiology; cognition; computer games; electric admittance measurement; medical computing; neurophysiology; patient diagnosis; skin; touch sensitive screens; difficult game level; easy game level; game difficulty design; game effectiveness; heart rate analysis; high mental workload; human mental workload; low mental workload; mental workload survey; skin conductance analysis; subjective mental workload assessment; touchscreen game; Airplanes; Airports; Games; Heart rate; Image color analysis; Measurement; Sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Bioengineering Conference (NEBEC), 2014 40th Annual Northeast
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
DOI :
10.1109/NEBEC.2014.6972900
