Preliminary study of a physiological evaluation method on attentiveness concentration during mental arithmetic; correlation between task performance and physiological indices |
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Authors: | Tanabe Tatsuro Ikemura Kosuke Sawai Hiroko Koyama Emi |
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Institution: | Division of Design Engineering and Management, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kvoto Institute of Technology, Japan. |
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Abstract: | It is important that task performance is physiologically evaluated in consideration of arousal level. But there are relatively few preceding studies. In this study, the relationship between task performance and physiological indices was studied with regard to attentiveness concentration. The subjects were eight healthy college students. They performed calculations and a visual display terminal (VDT) task. Electroencephalogram (EEG) frequency component, alpha attenuation coefficient (AAC), skin potential level (SPL), blood flow of the finger tip skin (BF), and visual analog scale (VAS), were measured. In order to quantify task performance, correlations between the task performance and physiological indices during the mental task were analyzed. The results suggest that AAC correlates with the error rate in calculation. BF also correlates with the error rate in calculation, while the calculation speed correlates with SPL. It can be inferred that the task speed and error rate are supposed to be related to the different physiological background. |
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