Efficiency of the Brain Network Is Associated with the Mental Workload with Developed Mental Schema.

ABSTRACT: The study of mental workload has attracted much interest in neuroergonomics, a frontier field of research. However, there appears no consensus on how to measure mental workload effectively because the mental workload is not only regulated by task difficulty but also affected by individual skill level reflected as mental schema. In this study, we investigated the alterations in the functional brain network induced by a 10-day simulated piloting task with different difficulty levels. Topological features quantifying global and local information communication and network organization were analyzed. It was found that during different tests, the global efficiency did not change, but the gravity center of the local efficiency of the network moved from the frontal to the posterior area; the small

SUBMITTER: Gu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10046556 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature