mental demand

Mental demand / cognitive load imposed by a driving task: how taxing a manoeuvre, road, or interface is on cognitive resources — task difficulty, subjective effort, situational load. The DEMAND a task imposes, distinct from the instruments used to quantify it (workload_measurement) and from concurrent-task interference (dual_task_performance).

Relevant standards

  • ISO 12214:2018 — Road vehicles — Direction-of-motion stereotypes for automotive hand controls
  • SAE J1139 — Direction-of-Motion Stereotypes for Automotive Hand Controls

375 paper(s) · ranked by relevance to this topic

  1. Mental Workload, Task Demand and Driving Performance: What Relation? · 2014 · da Silva, Fátima Pereira · indexed
  2. Mental workload and driving · 2014 · Paxion, Julie et al. · archived
  3. The measurement of drivers' mental workload · 1996 · de Waard, Dick · indexed
  4. VISUAL AND MANUAL DEMANDS OF IN-CAR CONTROLS AND DISPLAYS · 1993 · Wierwille, Walter W. · indexed
  5. Driver Workload Metrics Project: Task 2 Final Report · 2006 · U.S. Department of Transportation · indexed
  6. Visual and Cognitive Demands of Using In-Vehicle Information Systems · 2017 · AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety et al. · archived
  7. A Mental Model Perspective of a Driver Workload System · 2010 · Curry, Reates et al. · indexed
  8. Measuring cognitive distraction in the automobile II · 2014 · Strayer, DL et al. · archived
  9. Subjective mental workload measurement using video fragments · 2014 · Christoph, M. et al. · indexed
  10. Display formats and commercial vehicle operator (CVO) workload · 1997 · Carney, Cher et al. · archived
  11. Driver Workload Metrics Task 2 Final Report · 2006 · Angell, Linda et al. · indexed
  12. In-Vehicle Information Systems Demand Model (Research Update) · 2000 · Dingus, Tom et al. · archived
  13. Driver mental workload measurement trends and cognitive impacts: a literature review · 2026 · Faidah, Uyun Nadzirotul et al. · indexed
  14. Lane Keeping Under Cognitive Load · 2013 · He, Jibo et al. · indexed
  15. The Effect of Varying Task Difficulty on Subjective Workload · 1985 · Yen, Yei-Yu et al. · indexed
  16. Attentional Overload, stress, and simulate Driving Performance · 1996 · Matthews, Gerald et al. · indexed
  17. Comparison of concurrent cognitive load measures during n-back tasks · 2024 · Pillai, Prarthana et al. · indexed
  18. DRIVER INFORMATION NEEDS · 1971 · Allen, T M et al. · indexed
  19. Cognitive workload measurement and modeling under divided attention. · 2019 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
  20. Resurrecting Driver Workload Metrics: A Multivariate Approach · 2015 · Auflick, Jack L. · indexed
  21. TASK-INDUCED FATIGUE EFFECTS ON SIMULATED DRIVING PERFORMANCE · 1998 · Desmond, Paula A. et al. · indexed
  22. Hierarchical Control and Driving · 2013 · Medeiros-Ward, Nathan · indexed
  23. Classifying Drivers' Cognitive Load Using EEG Signals · 2017 · Barua Shaibal et al. · indexed
  24. CVO driver fatigue and complex in-vehicle systems · 1997 · Lee, Jacsik et al. · archived
  25. Development of a Steering Entropy Method for Evaluating Driver Workload · 1999 · Nakayama, Okihiko et al. · indexed
  26. Talking to your car can drive you to distraction · 2016 · Strayer, DL et al. · archived
  27. Multiple Resource Time Sharing Models · 2004 · Wickens, Christopher D. · indexed
  28. State of science: mental workload in ergonomics · 2014 · Young, Mark S. et al. · archived
  29. Hierarchical control and driving. · 2013 · Strayer, David L. · indexed
  30. EFFECTS OF TWO DIFFERENT MENTAL TASKS ON VISUAL SEARCH BEHAVIOUR WHILE DRIVING · 1999 · Recarte, Miguel A. et al. · indexed
  31. Factors related to drivers' perception of interference from in-vehicle activities · 2010 · Horrey, William J. et al. · indexed
  32. Reading Text While Driving · 2014 · Liang, Yulan et al. · indexed
  33. Selective Attention with Auxiliary Automobile Displays · 1990 · Noy, Y. Ian · indexed
  34. Driving on Rough Surface Requires Care and Attention · 2017 · Kawamura, Akira et al. · archived
  35. Factors influencing visual search in complex driving environments. · 2016 · Hunter, Michael P. et al. · archived
  36. PSYCHOLOGY AND THE HIGHWAY ENGINEER · 2002 · Fuller, Joanne M. · indexed
  37. Unravelling the Physiological Correlates of Mental Workload · 2022 · John, Alka Rachel et al. · archived
  38. Surrogate Measures of Visual Demand while Driving · 2000 · Farber, Eugene et al. · indexed
  39. The effects of voice system design components on driver workload · 2018 · Getty, D et al. · indexed
  40. Multiple Resources and Mental Workload · 2008 · Wickens, Christopher D. · archived
  41. Task-induced fatigue states and simulated driving performance · 2002 · Matthews, Gerald et al. · indexed
  42. Diagnosticity and multidimensional subjective workload ratings · 1996 · TSANG, PAMELA S. et al. · indexed
  43. The effect of cognitive tasks on predicting eventis in traffic · 2008 · Baumann, Michael R. et al. · indexed
  44. The Underpinnings of Workload in Unmanned Vehicle Systems · 2017 · Hooey, Becky L. et al. · archived
  45. Human-Machine Interface Evaluation Using EEG in Driving Simulator · 2023 · Liu, Yuan-Cheng et al. · archived
  46. An Analysis of the Processing Requirements of a Complex Perceptual-Motor Task · 1983 · Kramer, Arthur F. et al. · indexed
  47. Dissociation of Performance and Subjective Measures of Workload · 1988 · Yeh, Yei-Yu et al. · indexed
  48. Cognitive workload and driving behavior in persons with hearing loss · 2013 · Thorslund, Birgitta et al. · archived
  49. HMI and Safety-Related Driver Performance · 2004 · Östlund, Johan Lind et al. · indexed
  50. Vigilance Requires Hard Mental Work and Is Stressful · 2008 · Warm, Joel S. et al. · indexed
  51. Blink Rate as a Measure of Driver Workload during Simulated Driving · 2020 · Yahoodik, Sarah et al. · indexed
  52. Towards a transactional ergonomics for driver stress and fatigue · 2002 · Matthews, Gerald · indexed
  53. Behavioral Entropy as an Index of Workload · 2000 · Boer, Erwin R. · indexed
  54. Estimating cognitive load using remote eye tracking in a driving simulator · 2010 · Palinko, Oskar et al. · indexed
  55. Validation of a one-item acute stress scale for driving tasks · 2024 · Dahlman, Anna Sjörs et al. · archived
  56. Human Performance in Vehicle Driving · 2026 · Abendroth, Bettina et al. · archived
  57. On-road driving assessment and route design for drivers with dementia · 2015 · Berndt, Angela H et al. · indexed
  58. Latent Psychological Data Structure of Secondary Driving Tasks · 2004 · Curry, Reates · indexed
  59. Cue Utilization and Cognitive Load in Novel Task Performance · 2016 · Brouwers, Sue et al. · archived
  60. Travtek Evaluation Task C3: Camera Car Study · 1995 · NHTSA · archived
  61. Multiple Resources and Mental Workload · 2008 · Wickens, Christopher D · indexed
  62. Workload, Distraction, and Automation · 2020 · Lee, John D. et al. · indexed
  63. HMI--NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND SAFETY ASPECTS · 2000 · Haller, Rudolf · indexed
  64. Average heart rate for driver monitoring systems · 2016 · Biondi, F et al. · archived
  65. On the Workload of Vigilance: Comparison of the NASA-TLX and the MRQ · 2009 · Boles, David B. et al. · indexed
  66. Workload overload modeling · 2014 · Gutzwiller, Robert S. et al. · indexed
  67. Discrete task switching in overload: A meta-analyses and a model · 2015 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · archived
  68. Measurement of Workload by Secondary Tasks · 1979 · Ogden, George D. et al. · indexed
  69. The Critical Tracking Task · 2013 · Petzoldt, Tibor et al. · indexed
  70. Measurement Invariance of the Nasa TLX · 2008 · Bustamante, Ernesto A. et al. · indexed
  71. Human Mental Workload: A Survey and a Novel Inclusive Definition · 2022 · Longo, Luca et al. · archived
  72. Estimating Driver Personality Traits From On-Road Driving Data · 2023 · Kimura, Ryusei et al. · archived
  73. Alternative design consistency rating methods for two-lane rural highways · 2000 · Anderson, Ingrid et al. · archived
  74. Physiological and Response Measurements in Driving Tasks · 1972 · Weir, David H. et al. · indexed
  75. Situation Awareness and Workload in Aviation · 2002 · Wickens, Christopher D. · indexed
  76. The Event-Related Brain Potential as a Selective Index of Display Load · 1979 · Isreal, Jack B. et al. · indexed
  77. Information about task progress modulates cognitive demand avoidance · 2021 · Devine, Sean et al. · indexed
  78. Effort in Human Factors Performance and Decision Making · 2014 · Wickens, Christopher D. · indexed
  79. Decision making and the avoidance of cognitive demand. · 2010 · Kool, Wouter et al. · indexed
  80. Perceptual load corresponds with factors known to influence visual search. · 2013 · Roper, Zachary J. J. et al. · indexed
  81. Human Factors for Connected Vehicles Transit Bus Research · 2019 · Graving, Justin et al. · archived
  82. Real-Time Prediction of Fluctuations in Cognitive Workload · 2019 · Strayer, David L. et al. · archived
  83. Review of Eye-related Measures of Drivers’ Mental Workload · 2015 · Marquart, Gerhard et al. · indexed
  84. Cognitive Load and Strategic Sophistication · 2012 · Allred, Sarah et al. · indexed
  85. Transport Aircraft Crew Workload Assessment-Where Have We Been and Where Are We Going? · 1987 · Sandry-Garza, Diane L. et al. · indexed
  86. Cognitive load affects gaze dynamics during real-world tasks · 2025 · Martinez-Cedillo, Astrid Priscilla et al. · archived
  87. Does Probe RT Measure Central Processing Demand? · 1978 · McLeod, Peter · indexed
  88. Cognitive Load in Sport · 2020 · Russell, Suzanna et al. · indexed
  89. Toward a Rational and Mechanistic Account of Mental Effort · 2017 · Shenhav, Amitai et al. · indexed
  90. Time Sharing Between Robotics and Process Control · 2016 · Wickens, Christopher D. et al. · indexed
  91. Cognitive models of unmanned aerial vehicle operators · 2014 · Heathcote, Andrew et al. · indexed
  92. Cognitive load and strategic sophistication · 2016 · Allred, Sarah et al. · archived
  93. Cognitive Load and Strategic Sophistication · 2013 · Allred, Sarah et al. · archived
  94. An opportunity cost model of subjective effort and task performance · 2013 · Kurzban, Robert et al. · indexed
  95. The opportunity cost of time modulates cognitive effort · 2017 · Otto, A. Ross et al. · indexed
  96. Cognitive load, affect, and regulatory strategies: a more integrated model · 2026 · Brockbank, Rebecca B. et al. · archived
  97. Why do Controllers Choose the Conflict Resolution Maneuvers that They Do? · 2021 · Trapsilawati, Fitri et al. · indexed
  98. Psychosocial Working Conditions and Cognitive Complaints among Swedish Employees · 2013 · Stenfors, Cecilia U. D. et al. · archived
  99. Analysis of Air Traffic Conflict Geometry on Brain Activity · 2018 · Trapsilawati, Fitri et al. · indexed
  100. Mental fatigue impairs soccer-specific decision-making skill · 2016 · Smith, Mitchell R. et al. · indexed
  101. Large-Scale Dynamic Traffic Assignment: Implementation Issues and Computational Analysis · 2004 · Ziliaskopoulos, Athanasios et al. · indexed
  102. Evaluation with Traffic Assignment Under Demand Uncertainty · 2001 · Waller, S. Travis et al. · indexed
  103. Load shift potential of electric vehicles in Europe · 2014 · Babrowski, Sonja et al. · archived
  104. Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles and Smart Grid · 2009 · Waraich, Rashid A. · indexed