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cognitive load CONCEPT
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The amount of demand placed on working memory, typically expressed along some continuum and within a theoretical maximum.

Alias(es)

cognitive effort, processing capacity

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Tasks that are asserted to measure cognitive load

Task Contrast Measure
P300 BCI
  • ERP amplitude
span/supra-span test
  • supra-span minus span
self ordered pointing task
  • accuracy of participant minus average accuracy of controls
keep-track task
  • accuracy of subject minus average accuracy of controls

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