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Mental load, heart rate and heart rate variability

✍ Scribed by P. S. Blitz; J. Hoogstraten; G. Mulder


Publisher
Guilford Publishing Inc
Year
1970
Tongue
English
Weight
594 KB
Volume
33
Category
Article
ISSN
0340-0727

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✦ Synopsis


Several investigators have shown that diminished sinus arrhythmia can be seen as an indication of increased mental load. The present experiment deals with the influence of different levels of mental load, operationalized as the number of binary choices per minute, on the regularity of the heart rate. Also we investigated the influence of four different rest conditions on the regularity of the heart rate.

The results show that sinus arrhythmia scores differentiate significantly between several levels of mental load, but heart frequency appeared to be an even better indicator.

No significant differences were found between the four rest conditions. Stability over three subsequent measurement sessions was satisfactory, and reliability within the measurement periods was very high.

Zusammen/assung. Mehrere Forscher haben gezeigt, daf~ abnehmende Sinusarrhythmie betrachtet '~werden kann als ein Indikator zunehmender mentaler Belastung.

In der vorliegenden Untersuehung handelt es sich um den EinfluB verschiedener Niveaus der mentalen Belastung, operationalisiert als die Zahl der bin~,ren Wahlen pro Minute, auf die Regelm/il~igkeit der Herzfrequenz.

AulJerdem untersuchten wit den EinfluB vier verschiedener Ruhezust~nde auf die Regelms der Herzfrequenz. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, da$ anf Grund Sinusarrhythmiedaten differenziert werden kann zwischen verschiedenen Niveaus mentaler Belastung, aber die Herzfrequenz erweist sich sogar als ein besserer Indikator.

Man stellte keine signifikanten Unterschiede zwischen den vier verschiedenen Ruhezust/~nden fest.

Die Stabilits wi~hrend drei verschiedener Metperioden war befriedigend, und die Zuverl/issigkeit der Messungen (reliability) innerha]b der MeBperioden war sehr groB.

I. An important problem in ergonomics is the assessment of perceptualmental load imposed upon the operator in contineous performance tasks and in vigilance tasks.

Among the methods to simulate mental load, we find e. g. :


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