After her grandmother was diagnosed with dementia, Kennesaw State University psychology student Maria Fata became interested in understanding whether the kind of work people do throughout their lives ...

Cognitive fatigue manifests when the brain is overworked or stressed from prolonged periods of mental effort. This form of fatigue can impair attention, decision making, reaction times, and emotional ...

Cognitive workload assessment seeks to quantify the mental effort expended by individuals as they perceive, process and respond to changing demands. In dynamic environments such as air traffic control ...

A temporary electronic forehead tattoo that wirelessly measures brainwaves and eye movement may offer an accurate measurement of mental workload (MWL) and mental strain, new research suggested.

This post is a review of What’s On Her Mind: The Mental Workload of Family Life. By Allison Daminger. Princeton University Press. 256 pp. $29.95. In 2018, a comic entitled “You Should Have Asked” ...