Program running versus problem solving: Mental task effect on tonic heart rate

Sosnowski, Tytus; Krzywosz-Rynkiewicz, Beata; Roguska, Joanna

doi:10.1111/j.1469-8986.2004.00171.x

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“…We assume that our landing task was a very simplified situation compared to real flight conditions that are much more complex in terms of information processing. Nevertheless the analysis of the physiological responses showed that the task has generated notable energy mobilization and psychological stress as the mean HR was significantly higher during task in comparison to the resting state (Boutcher and Boutcher 2006;Causse et al 2010;Sosnowski et al 2004). In the same way, the fall of the total HRV during both runs in comparison to rest state is coherent with an increased mental workload (Ryu and Myung 2005;Thayer et al 2009).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…The shifting from cold to hot decision-making may be revealed by changes in the autonomic nervous system (ANS) activity (Buchanan et al 2010;Thayer et al 2009) and can be measured by heart rate (HR), blood pressure (Boutcher and Boutcher 2006;Causse et al 2010;Dehais et al 2011;Sosnowski et al 2004) or heart rate variability (HRV) (Capa et al 2008;Duschek et al 2009;Ryu and Myung 2005). For instance, Brosschot and Thayer (2003) found that HR varied during positive and negative affect.…”

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confidence: 98%

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Reward and Uncertainty Favor Risky Decision-Making in Pilots: Evidence from Cardiovascular and Oculometric Measurements

Causse

Baracat

Pastor

et al. 2011

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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In this paper we examined plan continuation error (PCE), a well known error made by pilots consisting in continuing the flight plan despite adverse meteorological conditions. Our hypothesis is that a large range of strong negative emotional consequences, including those induced by economic pressure, are associated with the decision to revise the flight plan and favor PCE. We investigated the economic hypothesis with a simplified landing task (reproduction of a real aircraft instrument) in which uncertainty and reward were manipulated. Heart rate (HR), heart rate variability (HRV) and eye tracking measurements were performed to get objective clues both on the cognitive and emotional state of the volunteers. Results showed that volunteers made more risky decisions under the influence of the financial incentive, in particular when uncertainty was high. Psychophysiological examination showed that HR increased and total HRV decreased in response to the cognitive load generated by the task. In addition, HR also increased in response to the financially motivated condition. Eventually, fixation times increased when uncertainty was high, confirming the difficulty in obtaining/interpreting information from the instrument in this condition. These results support the assumption that risky-decision making observed in pilots can be, at least partially, explained by a shift from cold to hot (emotional) decision-making in response to economic constraints and uncertainty.

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Reward and Uncertainty Favor Risky Decision-Making in Pilots: Evidence from Cardiovascular and Oculometric Measurements

Causse

Baracat

Pastor

et al. 2011

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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“…Moreover, it indicates a need for deeper understanding of how cognitive load affects the physiological arousal effect, in an attempt to inform the design of such tasks. Furthermore, just like in the effects observed in the pupil, an increased task difficulty increases the heart rate (HR) [7,39]. So the same suggestion for the pupil is applicable to the heart, where it is unclear to which extent is the cognitive activity uniquely associated with the physiological arousal response [41].…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Studies have found a strong correlation between the HR and physiological arousal [3,44]. Just like the effects observed in the pupil, it has been found that increased task difficulty (e.g., difficulty of a mental arithmetic task) increases HR [7,39]. ECG has been successfully used as a measure for assessing physiological emotions in humans with more than 80 % success rate [2,35].…”

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Modeling cognitive load and physiological arousal through pupil diameter and heart rate

Jerčić

Sennersten

Lindley

2018

Multimed Tools Appl

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This study investigates individuals' cognitive load processing abilities while engaged on a decision-making task in serious games, to explore how a substantial cognitive load dominates over the physiological arousal effect on pupil diameter. A serious game was presented to the participants, which displayed the on-line biofeedback based on physiological measurements of arousal. In such dynamic decision-making environment, the pupil diameter was analyzed in relation to the heart rate, to evaluate if the former could be a useful measure of cognitive abilities of individuals. As pupil might reflect both cognitive activity and physiological arousal, the pupillary response will show an arousal effect only when the cognitive demands of the situation are minimal. Evidence shows that in a situation where a substantial level of cognitive activity is required, only that activity will be observable on the pupil diameter, dominating over the physiological arousal effect indicated by the pupillary response. It is suggested that it might be possible to design serious games tailored to the cognitive abilities of an individual player, using the proposed physiological measurements to observe the moment when such dominance occurs.

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“…The ECG has proved to be a reliable measure of task demand fluctuations, for instance, an increased task difficulty (e.g. difficulty of a mental arithmetic task) is associated with an increased heart rate and/or blood pressure (Boutcher and Boutcher 2006;Sosnowski et al 2004). In addition, the pupil size has also been shown to reflect processing load or mental effort (Moresi et al 2008;Recarte and Nunes 2003).…”

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Monitoring Cognitive and Emotional Processes Through Pupil and Cardiac Response During Dynamic Versus Logical Task

Causse

Sénard

Démonet

et al. 2009

Appl Psychophysiol Biofeedback

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The paper deals with the links between physiological measurements and cognitive and emotional functioning. As long as the operator is a key agent in charge of complex systems, the definition of metrics able to predict his performance is a great challenge. The measurement of the physiological state is a very promising way but a very acute comprehension is required; in particular few studies compare autonomous nervous system reactivity according to specific cognitive processes during task performance and task related psychological stress is often ignored. We compared physiological parameters recorded on 24 healthy subjects facing two neuropsychological tasks: a dynamic task that require problem solving in a world that continually evolves over time and a logical task representative of cognitive processes performed by operators facing everyday problem solving. Results showed that the mean pupil diameter change was higher during the dynamic task; conversely, the heart rate was more elevated during the logical task. Finally, the systolic blood pressure seemed to be strongly sensitive to psychological stress. A better taking into account of the precise influence of a given cognitive activity and both workload and related task-induced psychological stress during task performance is a promising way to better monitor operators in complex working situations to detect mental overload or pejorative stress factor of error.

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Program running versus problem solving: Mental task effect on tonic heart rate

Cited by 18 publications

References 34 publications

Reward and Uncertainty Favor Risky Decision-Making in Pilots: Evidence from Cardiovascular and Oculometric Measurements

Reward and Uncertainty Favor Risky Decision-Making in Pilots: Evidence from Cardiovascular and Oculometric Measurements

Modeling cognitive load and physiological arousal through pupil diameter and heart rate

Monitoring Cognitive and Emotional Processes Through Pupil and Cardiac Response During Dynamic Versus Logical Task

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