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Evaluating an instrument to measure mental load and mental effort considering different sources of validity evidence

open access: yesCogent Education, 2017
This study evaluates a 12-item instrument for subjective measurement of mental load (ML) and mental effort (ME) by analysing different sources of validity evidence.
Moritz Krell
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An Item Response Modeling Approach to Cognitive Load Measurement

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2021
The accurate measurement of the cognitive load a learner encounters in a given task is critical to the understanding and application of Cognitive Load Theory (CLT).
John Fitzgerald Ehrich   +3 more
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Is mental effort exertion contagious? [PDF]

open access: yesPsychonomic Bulletin & Review, 2015
The presence of another person can influence task performance. What is, however, still unclear is whether performance also depends on what this other person is doing. In two experiments, two participants (A and B) jointly performed a Simon task, and we selectively manipulated the difficulty of the task for participant A only.
Desender, Kobe   +2 more
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The design and evaluation of an auditory-enhanced scrollbar [PDF]

open access: yes, 1994
A structured method is described for the analysis of interactions to identify situations where hidden information may exist and where non-speech sound might be used to overcome the associated problems.
Brewster, S.A.   +2 more
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Cognitive cost as dynamic allocation of energetic resources

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2015
While it is widely recognized that thinking is somehow costly, involving cognitive effort and producing mental fatigue, these costs have alternatively been assumed to exist, treated as the brain's assessment of lost opportunities, or suggested to be ...
Scott Thomas Christie, Paul eSchrater
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Alpha and Theta Rhythms as Markers of Cognitive Effort

open access: yesРоссийский психологический журнал, 2022
Introduction. This review article combines the theory of motivational intensity and the theory of mental effort with studies of oscillatory correlates of the performance of complex cognitive tasks. The phenomenon of effort has been a longstanding subject
Наталия А. Жожикашвили   +1 more
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Drive in sports: How mental fatigue affects endurance performance [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Performance in endurance sports relies on athletes' drive, which is the sum of all factors pushing athletes to exert effort during exercise. Mental fatigue can influence endurance performance by decreasing athletes' drive to exercise.
Abbiss   +92 more
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Comparison of Teaching Instruction Efficiency in Physics through the Invested Self-Perceived Mental Effort

open access: yesВопросы образования, 2019
The main goal of the research is to determine how certain teaching instruction methods affect the achievement and mental efforts of high school students needed for learning Fluid Mechanics topic in Physics.
Branka Radulović, Maja Stojanović
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Mental Effort in Elite and Nonelite Rowers

open access: yesJournal of Sport & Exercise Psychology, 2023
Mental effort (intensity of attention) in elite sports has remained a debated topic and a challenging phenomenon to measure. Thus, a quasi-ecological laboratory study was conducted to investigate mental effort in elite rowers as compared with a group of nonelites.
Henrik Herrebrøden   +2 more
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Analysing the Relationship Between Mental Load or Mental Effort and Metacomprehension Under Different Conditions of Multimedia Design

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2022
Cognitive load theory assumes effort may only lead to comprehension if the material-induced load leaves enough resources for learning processes. Therefore, multimedia materials should induce as little non-relevant load as possible. Metacognition research
Lenka Schnaubert, Sascha Schneider
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