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Mindful Tutors, Embodied Writers: Positioning Mindfulness Meditation as a Writing Strategy to Optimize Cognitive Load and Potentialize Writing Center Tutors' Supportive Roles [PDF]

, 2018
In this article, I examine the potential that mindfulness meditation has to re-frame and expand the affective, supportive roles of writing center tutors.
Johnson, Sarah
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Analyzing Relationships Between Causal and Assessment Factors of Cognitive Load: Associations Between Objective and Subjective Measures of Cognitive Load, Stress, Interest, and Self-Concept

Frontiers in Education, 2021
The present study is based on a theoretical framework of cognitive load that distinguishes causal factors (learner characteristics affecting cognitive load e.g., self-concept; interest; perceived stress) and assessment factors (indicators of cognitive ...
Nina Minkley, Kate M. Xu, Moritz Krell
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Diagnostic ergonomique résultant de la présence de risques psychosociaux contribuant aux troubles musculo-squelettiques : le cas des centres d’appels d’urgence 9-1-1

Perspectives Interdisciplinaires sur le Travail et la Santé, 2013
Few ergonomic research interventions have as yet been published regarding the association between psychosocial risks and musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs). This paper begins with an overview of the intervention methods in this field, and then presents the
Georges Toulouse, Louise St-Arnaud, Denis Duhalde, Julie Lévesque, Alain Delisle, Alain-Steve Comtois   +5 more
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A Study of the Work Load in a Monotonous Task [PDF]

, 1970
The work load given to workers by a monotonous task was investigated. Their load was obtained by measuring the flicker value and observing its fluctuation pattern. Each flicker fluctuation was classified into one of the three patterns.
Kikuchi, Susumu, Ohgishi, Shinji, Osaki, Hirokazu   +2 more
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FORMATION OF REQUIREMENT FOR A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE THROUGH TRAINING — EDUCATIONAL WORK: SYNTHESIS OF APPLIED RESEARCH [PDF]

Krymskij Naučnyj Vestnik, 2015
The problem of the influence of motor activity on the health of the students in today’s society. For the education and formation of interest in the exercise and the need for a healthy lifestyle of students, for their development, improvement and ...
Olga Yarlykova
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Assessing Perceptual Load and Cognitive Load by Fixation-Related Information of Eye Movements

Sensors, 2022
Assessing mental workload is imperative for avoiding unintended negative consequences in critical situations such as driving and piloting. To evaluate mental workload, measures of eye movements have been adopted, but unequivocal results remain elusive ...
Jung-Chun Liu, Kuei-An Li, Su-Ling Yeh, Shao-Yi Chien   +3 more
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Interference between postural control and mental task performance in patients with vestibular disorder and healthy controls

, 2001
OBJECTIVES - To determine whether interference between postural control and mental task performance in patients with balance system impairment and healthy subjects is due to general capacity limitations, motor control interference, competition for ...
Bronstein, A., Buckwell, D., Davies, R., Gardner, M., Luxon, L., Yardley, L.   +5 more
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Quantification study of mental load state based on AHP–TOPSIS integration extended with cloud model: methodological and experimental research

Complex & Intelligent Systems, 2023
Mental load affects the work efficiency and mental health of operators, and it has a vital effect on the efficiency and reliability of human–machine systems.
Xin Zheng, Tengteng Hao, Huiyu Wang, Kaili Xu   +3 more
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Co-Thinking Device for Simultaneous Support of Human Cognitive and Physical Functions

IEEE Access
In this paper, we propose a novel system in which a human and a device work in unison on a single task with the aim to simultaneously support human cognitive and physical functions.
Osamu Fukuda, Wen Liang Yeoh, Kyohei Yoshida, Naoki Matsumoto, Nobuhiko Yamaguchi, Hiroshi Okumura   +5 more
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Heart Rate Variability and Electrodermal Activity as Noninvasive Indices of Sympathovagal Balance in Response to Stress

Acta Medica Martiniana, 2013
The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is a principal regulatory system for maintaining homeostasis, adaptability and physiological flexibility of the organism at rest as well as in response to stress.
Visnovcova Zuzana, Calkovska A., Tonhajzerova I.   +2 more
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