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Applications of Cognitive Load Measurement

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Robust Multimodal Cognitive Load Measurement

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In this chapter, we present some typical application examples of cognitive load assessment and demonstrate the feasibility and applicability of multimodal cognitive load measurement approaches in various applications and instances of HCI.

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    Fang Chen, Jianlong Zhou, Yang Wang, Kun Yu, Syed Z. Arshad, Ahmad Khawaji & Dan Conway

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Chen, F. et al. (2016). Applications of Cognitive Load Measurement. In: Robust Multimodal Cognitive Load Measurement. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31700-7_16

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