Multiple Resources and Mental Workload

By C. Wickens. Hum. Factors, 2008

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Subfields: Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Social Psychology

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Citations in the corpus

Cognitive Architecture and Instructional Design: 20 Years Later (2019, background): “…several of its principles with mental workload models, which focus on workplace performance rather than learning and instructional design (e.g. Wickens 2008), and with the cognitive theory of multimedia learning, which has an exclusive focus on the design of multimedia materials (CTML; Mayer…”
Ergonomics Society of the Human Factors and Human Factors: The Journal (2014, positive): “In multiple resource theory (Wickens, 2008a), the effort or resource demand of a task has been invoked as one of three factors that inhibit concurrent multitask performance.”
The Divergence of Objective and Subjective Situation Awareness: A Meta-Analysis (2020, background): “…on performance is non-linear (Yerkes & Dodson, 1908), the contribution of workload and stress to performance outcomes is more complicated, and performance decrements may only be found under low workload (e.g., low arousal and vigilance conditions) or when resources are exceeded (Wickens, 2008).”
The challenges of entering the metaverse: An experiment on the effect of extended reality on workload (2022, background): “According to multiple resource theory, the mental workload is affected by humans’ limited capacity to deal with several sources of attention simultaneously (Wickens, 2008).”
State of science: mental workload in ergonomics (2015, methodology): “When this performance decrement results because of multitasking overload, models such as the multiple resource model (Wickens 2002, 2005, 2008) or models of crosstalk interference (Wickens et al. 2013) can offer a framework for design or task changes that will reduce the demand and resulting…”
Human Performance Consequences of Stages and Levels of Automation (2014, background): “The hypothetical trade-offs depicted in Figure 2 are critical for task allocation because these trade-offs may not be linear, and in some cases a “flat” function may allow strong recommendations for the optimal task allocation (Wickens, 2008a).”
The Effects of Text Messaging on Young Drivers (2009, background): “…in degradation of driving performance depends on several factors, including the demands of the driving task, the demands of the secondary task, and the manner in which resources are allocated between the two tasks (e.g., Horrey & Wickens, 2004; Lee, Regan, & Young, 2008; Wickens, 2002, 2008).”
A Conceptual Typology of Multitasking Behavior and Polychronicity Preferences (2012, background): “In the context of Wickens’ (2008) multiple resource hypercube, these two activities are both response-oriented (not just involving perception/cognition), spatial, visual, and focal (as well as partly physical and partly mental, potentially requiring the same parts of the body in both cases).”
Humans: Still Vital After All These Years of Automation (2008, background): “…terms, the former are mediated by posterior brain regions (occipito-temporo-parietal cortex) and the latter by anterior areas (frontal cortex), with these brain regions possibly defining different mental resources (Para-suraman & Wilson, 2008 [this issue]; Wickens, 2002, 2008 [this issue]).”