Kinesiology 3457A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cognitive Ergonomics, Neural Pathway
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Backwards bicycle video: knowledge does not = understanding, took 8 months of practicing everyday to change his neural pathway, how would you test if dustin learned, measure performance, number of times he fell off the bike, retention test. Cognitive skills: what practice schedule would you recommend, random, allow for cognitive interference, distributed. Mental workload: the amount of cognitive work required for a person to complete a certain task over time, contributing things. Product/environment design: example of product or environment design characteristics that make their use harder than they should be, push/pull door, stove top knobs, turning the wrong one on, shampoo and conditioner bottles, they look the same. Lecture 13: decrease, not the most effective. Physiological measures fmri: changes you would expect. Increase hr: brain activity (eeg, skin conductivity, bp, nasa -tlx. Initially blink rate will decrease if the task is a visually demanding.