TY - GEN
T1 - The changes in performance during stress-inducing cognitive task
T2 - 6th International Conference on Future Information Technology, FutureTech 2011
AU - Song, Jinyoung
AU - Chung, Taewon
AU - Kang, Jinwon
AU - Nam, Kichun
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - One stress-inducing task and two cognitive tasks were used to investigate how these tasks influence one's cognitive capability. First, the participants performed stress-inducing tasks for 5 minutes. They were then divided into two separate groups, and were given two kinds of cognitive load tasks which differed in difficulty levels. Finally, a cognitive task for evaluating cognitive capabilities of the two groups was conducted. This procedure was repeated 4 times, 2 minutes for each task, which showed that there was a tendency of improved performance over time. We found no reaction time and performance rate changes with respect to processing difficulty. However, the interaction between difficulty and repetition was significant, which meant participants who were assigned to easier tasks showed unstable performance compared to those who were assigned to high-difficulty tasks. These results suggest that imposing a proper amount of stress and cognitive load could promote cognitive performance in general.
AB - One stress-inducing task and two cognitive tasks were used to investigate how these tasks influence one's cognitive capability. First, the participants performed stress-inducing tasks for 5 minutes. They were then divided into two separate groups, and were given two kinds of cognitive load tasks which differed in difficulty levels. Finally, a cognitive task for evaluating cognitive capabilities of the two groups was conducted. This procedure was repeated 4 times, 2 minutes for each task, which showed that there was a tendency of improved performance over time. We found no reaction time and performance rate changes with respect to processing difficulty. However, the interaction between difficulty and repetition was significant, which meant participants who were assigned to easier tasks showed unstable performance compared to those who were assigned to high-difficulty tasks. These results suggest that imposing a proper amount of stress and cognitive load could promote cognitive performance in general.
KW - cognitive load
KW - processing difficulty
KW - stress-inducing task
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/79960133753
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-22309-9_44
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-22309-9_44
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:79960133753
SN - 9783642223082
T3 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
SP - 345
EP - 347
BT - Future Information Technology - 6th International Conference, FutureTech 2011, Proceedings
Y2 - 28 June 2011 through 30 June 2011
ER -