Spectral analysis of heart rate and psychological state: a review of its validity as a workload index
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1Institute for Perception TNO, Soesterberg, Netherlands.
Biological Psychology
|November 1, 1992
Abstract:
This paper provides some background information on concepts of mental workload and stress and the possibility of indexing them by means of spectral analysis of heart rate. A literature review of practical implementations of the technique in laboratory and field studies is provided with the purpose of evaluating its utility as a tool in the study of mental workload and stress.