When High Mental Workload is Good and Low Mental Workload is Bad

Shaban, Jwan; Roy, Mathews; Stephens-Marsh, Makori; Wilson, Max L.; Sharples, Sarah

Abstract

Brain-related wearables are now freely available on the market, and with even wrist-worn devices making estimates about cognitive activity, understanding cognitive personal informatics has become a pressing issue. Mental Workload is an emotionally agnostic concept that is potentially a parallel to tracking physical activity, which is typically naively considered to be bad if it is high and good if it is low. In this paper we report tasks and their relationship to three dimensions: high vs low, good vs bad, long vs short. We contribute examples of both good and bad high mental workload, as well as good and bad low mental workload, along with examples of long and short high mental workload, and long and short low mental workload.

Citation

Shaban, J., Roy, M., Stephens-Marsh, M., Wilson, M. L., & Sharples, S. (2023, September). When High Mental Workload is Good and Low Mental Workload is Bad. Paper presented at The Future of Cognitive Personal Informatics, Athens, Greece and online

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: The Future of Cognitive Personal Informatics
• Start Date: Sep 26, 2023
• End Date: Sep 26, 2023
• Deposit Date: Dec 31, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Jan 3, 2024
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/29207109