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Quantitative relationship between mental fatigue and sustained attention: A CPT study

  • Beihang University
  • National Key Laboratory of Human Factors Engineering

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Abstract

To study the influence of mental fatigue on sustained attention, we studied performance and subjective rating in two tasks: mental-fatigue-inducing task (2-back) and sustained attention [Continuous Performance Task (CPT)]. Fourteen healthy male volunteers participated in this experiment who were required to perform 2-back task for 120 min. Before and after the 2-back task, they finished CPT task as well (10 min). The results showed that the performance was significantly decreased and the levels of mental fatigue were significantly increased. Furthermore, linear regression analysis was used to achieve the quantitative relationship among the 2-back, the subjective rating, and the CPT task.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMedicine Sciences and Bioengineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Medicine Sciences and Bioengineering, ICMSB 2014
EditorsMings Wang
PublisherCRC Press/Balkema
Pages161-166
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781138026841
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
EventProceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Medicine Sciences and Bioengineering, ICMSB 2014 - Kunming, China
Duration: 16 Aug 201417 Aug 2014

Publication series

NameMedicine Sciences and Bioengineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Medicine Sciences and Bioengineering, ICMSB 2014

Conference

ConferenceProceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Medicine Sciences and Bioengineering, ICMSB 2014
Country/TerritoryChina
CityKunming
Period16/08/1417/08/14

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