School of Health Sciences, University of Occupational & Environmental Health, Yahatanishiku, Kitakyushu, Japan.
Appl Ergon. 2009 Nov;40(6):987-96. doi: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.02.005. Epub 2009 Mar 20.
The purpose of this study is to examine the test/retest consistency of physiological responses induced by mental tasks. Fifteen healthy male university students were recruited as participants. They were instructed to perform a 5-min Multi-Attribute Task Battery (MATB) trial three times successively. The task difficulty level of the tracking task of the second trial was set as medium (M). The first one was set as more difficult (H) and the last trial was easiest (L). The difficulty levels of the other two tasks (resource management and system monitoring) of the MATB were identical for all three trials. The participants repeated this procedure on three different days separated by at least a 1-day interval. The order of the tasks was the same for all repeated trials, i.e., H-M-L. Tissue blood volume from the tip of the nose using a laser Doppler blood flow meter, skin potential level (SPL), ECG from three leads on the chest, systolic time intervals (pre-ejection period, left ventricular ejection time), and hemodynamic parameters (stroke volume, cardiac output) were recorded during the task trials and before and after 5-min resting periods. The participants reported their subjective workload via NASA-TLX after each task trial. Autonomic nervous system parameters derived from the above-mentioned signals, subjective workload scores, and performance indices of MATB were analyzed, and test/retest reliability was investigated. The results showed that a significant test/retest correlation was obtained for SPL for more participants than in the other parameters, although there were large individual differences.
本研究旨在考察心理任务引起的生理反应的测试/重测一致性。招募了 15 名健康的男性大学生作为参与者。他们被要求连续三次进行 5 分钟的多属性任务电池(MATB)试验。第二次试验的跟踪任务的任务难度级别设置为中等(M)。第一个设置为更难(H),最后一个试验为最容易(L)。MATB 的其他两个任务(资源管理和系统监测)的难度级别对于所有三个试验都是相同的。参与者在至少相隔 1 天的三天内重复此过程。所有重复试验的任务顺序相同,即 H-M-L。使用激光多普勒血流计从鼻尖记录组织血液体积、皮肤电位水平(SPL)、胸部三个导联的心电图、收缩时间间隔(射血前期、左心室射血时间)和血流动力学参数(心搏量、心输出量)在任务试验期间以及 5 分钟休息期间之前和之后进行记录。参与者在每次任务试验后通过 NASA-TLX 报告他们的主观工作量。分析了来自上述信号的自主神经系统参数、主观工作量得分和 MATB 的性能指标,并研究了测试/重测可靠性。结果表明,尽管存在较大的个体差异,但与其他参数相比,更多参与者的 SPL 获得了显著的测试/重测相关性。