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This chapter discusses methods for cognitive load examination via language and shows that many features, some of which were originally designed to examine language complexity for learning analytics or comprehension, can be successfully applied to the cognitive load research. The linguistic approach to measure cognitive load can also be used as a post-hoc analysis technique for user interface evaluation and interaction design improvement using speech transcripts.
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Chen, F. et al. (2016). Linguistic Feature-Based Measures. In: Robust Multimodal Cognitive Load Measurement. Human–Computer Interaction Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31700-7_6
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