Outputs (2)

Identifying Aircraft Passenger Postures and Factors Influencing Body Part Discomfort (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Sharafkhani, M., Argyle, E., Cobb, S., Tennent, P., & Houghton, R. (2019, August). Identifying Aircraft Passenger Postures and Factors Influencing Body Part Discomfort. Presented at International Comfort Congress 2019, Delft, The Netherlands

Aircraft passengers’ physical activity levels are often limited during flight for extended periods of time, which can have serious impact on health, comfort, and passenger experience. Passengers are generally advised to walk around the plane and do c... Read More about Identifying Aircraft Passenger Postures and Factors Influencing Body Part Discomfort.

How Stress and Mental Workload are Connected (2019)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Alsuraykh, N. H., Wilson, M. L., Tennent, P., & Sharples, S. (2019, May). How Stress and Mental Workload are Connected. Presented at PervasiveHealth'19: The 13th International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, Trento, Italy

Mental Workload (MWL) can be both good and bad; we can thrive under high MWL, or our performance can drop if the demands become either too low or too high. Similarly, stress is not always bad, short term stress can be beneficial to overcome a challen... Read More about How Stress and Mental Workload are Connected.