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Chapter and Conference Paper
An Evaluation of the Reliability, Validity and Sensitivity of Three Human Mental Workload Measures Under Different Instructional Conditions in Third-Level Education
Although Cognitive Load Theory (CLT) has been researched for many years, it has been criticised for its theoretical clarity and its methodological approach. A crucial issue is the measurement of three types of...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Comparative Study of Defeasible Argumentation and Non-monotonic Fuzzy Reasoning for Elderly Survival Prediction Using Biomarkers
Computational argumentation has been gaining momentum as a solid theoretical research discipline for inference under uncertainty with incomplete and contradicting knowledge. However, its practical counterpart ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Subjective Usability, Mental Workload Assessments and Their Impact on Objective Human Performance
Self-reporting procedures and inspection methods have been largely employed in the fields of interaction and web-design for assessing the usability of interfaces. However, there seems to be a propensity to ign...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Formalising Human Mental Workload as Non-monotonic Concept for Adaptive and Personalised Web-Design
Web Design has been evolving with Web-based systems becoming more complex and structured due to the delivery of personalised information adapted to end-users. Although information presented can be useful and w...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Human-Computer Interaction and Human Mental Workload: Assessing Cognitive Engagement in the World Wide Web
Assessing the cognitive engagement of a user while seeking and consuming information over the World Wide Web is a key challenge for studying the quality of interactions. Indicators of cognitive engagement are ...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
A Computational Analysis of Cognitive Effort
Cognitive effort is a concept of unquestionable utility in understanding human behaviour. However, cognitive effort has been defined in several ways in literature and in everyday life, suffering from a partial...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Cognitive Effort for Multi-agent Systems
Cognitive Effort is a multi-faceted phenomenon that has suffered from an imperfect understanding, an informal use in everyday life and numerous definitions. This paper attempts to clarify the concept, along wi...