Age-sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load. A study applying mobile EEG in a real life working scenario
Ergonomic assessment of a workplace requires the evaluation of physical as well as cognitive aspects of a particular working situation. In particular the latter is hardly possible without interfering in the natural setting. Mobile acquisition of neurophysiological measures (such as parameters of the...
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| author | Edmund eWascher Holger eHeppner Sven Oliver Kobald Stefan eArnau Stephan eGetzmann Tina eMöckel |
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| description | Ergonomic assessment of a workplace requires the evaluation of physical as well as cognitive aspects of a particular working situation. In particular the latter is hardly possible without interfering in the natural setting. Mobile acquisition of neurophysiological measures (such as parameters of the EEG) may close this gap. At a simulated workplace we tracked older and younger participants with mobile EEG during a 4-5 hours work shift. They had to perform either a monotonous cognitive task, a self-paced cognitive task or a self-paced physical task in a predefined order. Self assessment, behavioral performance and spectral measures of the EEG (before most alpha power) indicated that younger participants suffered from monotony. Older adults, on the other hand, were overall impaired by inefficient information processing. This was visible in EEG variations time-locked to eye blinks (blink-related synchronizations), a new measure to investigate cognitive processing in real life environments. Thus, we were able to distinguish between active and passive task-related aspects of mental fatigue without impinging on the natural working situation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-ff0b46d493a048c597d639146512cecb2022-12-22T03:48:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Human Neuroscience1662-51612016-01-01910.3389/fnhum.2015.00711171942Age-sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load. A study applying mobile EEG in a real life working scenarioEdmund eWascher0Holger eHeppner1Sven Oliver Kobald2Stefan eArnau3Stephan eGetzmann4Tina eMöckel5Leibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human FactorsLeibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human FactorsLeibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human FactorsLeibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human FactorsLeibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human FactorsLeibniz Research Centre for Working Environment and Human FactorsErgonomic assessment of a workplace requires the evaluation of physical as well as cognitive aspects of a particular working situation. In particular the latter is hardly possible without interfering in the natural setting. Mobile acquisition of neurophysiological measures (such as parameters of the EEG) may close this gap. At a simulated workplace we tracked older and younger participants with mobile EEG during a 4-5 hours work shift. They had to perform either a monotonous cognitive task, a self-paced cognitive task or a self-paced physical task in a predefined order. Self assessment, behavioral performance and spectral measures of the EEG (before most alpha power) indicated that younger participants suffered from monotony. Older adults, on the other hand, were overall impaired by inefficient information processing. This was visible in EEG variations time-locked to eye blinks (blink-related synchronizations), a new measure to investigate cognitive processing in real life environments. Thus, we were able to distinguish between active and passive task-related aspects of mental fatigue without impinging on the natural working situation.http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00711/fullAgingMental Fatiguemobile EEGWorking environmentAlpha rhythms. |
| spellingShingle | Edmund eWascher Holger eHeppner Sven Oliver Kobald Stefan eArnau Stephan eGetzmann Tina eMöckel Age-sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load. A study applying mobile EEG in a real life working scenario Frontiers in Human Neuroscience Aging Mental Fatigue mobile EEG Working environment Alpha rhythms. |
| title | Age-sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load. A study applying mobile EEG in a real life working scenario |
| title_full | Age-sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load. A study applying mobile EEG in a real life working scenario |
| title_fullStr | Age-sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load. A study applying mobile EEG in a real life working scenario |
| title_full_unstemmed | Age-sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load. A study applying mobile EEG in a real life working scenario |
| title_short | Age-sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load. A study applying mobile EEG in a real life working scenario |
| title_sort | age sensitive effects of enduring work with alternating cognitive and physical load a study applying mobile eeg in a real life working scenario |
| topic | Aging Mental Fatigue mobile EEG Working environment Alpha rhythms. |
| url | http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00711/full |
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