Cognitive Load
Conditions
Keywords
cognitive load
Brief summary
The increased complexity of the dismounted combatant's equipment can result in a strain on the various senses (e.g., visual, auditory) that can exceed an individual's limited information processing abilities. The combatant may thus be cognitively overloaded in multi-tasking operational situations. There has been a great deal of research conducted on cognitive load. A battery of multitasking tests has been developed in the field of aeronautics, but, to our knowledge, no measurement of cognitive load specifically dedicated to combatants has been conducted yet.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Direction Centrale du Service de Santé des Armées
Study design
Observational model
ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* be a group leader in an infantry regiment, * be over 18 years old.
Exclusion criteria
* be a woman, * have a heart condition, * have a visual disease not corrected by glasses or contact lenses, * have a hearing score ≥ 2 on the SIGYCOP, * have a psychiatric disorder, a progressive neurological or organic disease requiring drug treatment, * take psychotropic drugs, * take more than 28 units of alcohol per week.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Cognitive load level | At enrollment (Day 1) | Cognitive load level will be measured using NASA-TLX questionnaire. NASA-TLX questionnaire comprises 6 dimensions (mental demands, physical demands, time demands, performance, effort and frustration). Each dimension has a score ranging from 0 (low cognitive load) to 100 (high cognitive load), except for the performance dimension, whose score ranges from 0 (good performance) to 100 (low performance). |
Countries
France
Contacts
Primary ContactJulie ALBENTOSA, PhD
Outcome results
None listed