Development and validation of a behavioural video coding scheme for detecting mental workload in manual assembly.

Manual assembly in the future Industry 4.0 workplace will put high demands on operators' cognitive processing. The development of mental workload (MWL) measures therefore looms large. Physiological gauges such as electroencephalography (EEG) show promising possibilities, but still lack sufficient re...

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Publicado en:Ergonomics Vol. 64; no. 1; pp. 78 - 103
Autores principales: Van Acker, Bram B., Parmentier, Davy D., Conradie, Peter D., Van Hove, Stephanie, Biondi, Alessandro, Bombeke, Klaas, Vlerick, Peter, Saldien, Jelle
Formato: pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Taylor & Francis Ltd Jan2021
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          Van Acker, Bram B.
          Parmentier, Davy D.
          Conradie, Peter D.
          Van Hove, Stephanie
          Biondi, Alessandro
          Bombeke, Klaas
          Vlerick, Peter
          Saldien, Jelle
        affil: Department of Industrial Systems and Product Design, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Ghent University, Zwijnaarde, Belgium
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          Manufacturing Industry
          Workload Measurement Methods
          Cognition Evaluation
          Task Performance and Analysis
          Videorecording Evaluation
          Coding
          Human
          Validation Studies
          Electroencephalography
          Ergonomics
          Work Redesign
      ab: Manual assembly in the future Industry 4.0 workplace will put high demands on operators' cognitive processing. The development of mental workload (MWL) measures therefore looms large. Physiological gauges such as electroencephalography (EEG) show promising possibilities, but still lack sufficient reliability when applied in the field. This study presents an alternative measure with a substantial ecological validity. First, we developed a behavioural video coding scheme identifying 11 assembly behaviours potentially revealing MWL being too high. Subsequently, we explored its validity by analysing videos of 24 participants performing a high and a low complexity assembly. Results showed that five of the behaviours identified, such as freezing and the amount of part rotations, significantly differed in occurrence and/or duration between the two conditions. The study hereby proposes a novel and naturalistic method that could help practitioners to map and redesign critical assembly phases, and researchers to enrich validation of MWL-measures through measurement triangulation. Practitioner summary: Current physiological mental workload (MWL) measures still lack sufficient reliability when applied in the field. Therefore, we identified several observable assembly behaviours that could reveal MWL being too high. The results propose a method to map MWL by observing specific assembly behaviours such as freezing and rotating parts. Abbreviations: MWL: mental workload; EEG: electroencephalography; fNIRS: functional near infrared spectroscopy; AOI: area of interest; SMI: SensoMotoric Instruments, ETG: Eye-Tracking Glasses; FPS: frames per second; BORIS: Behavioral Observation Research Interactive Software; IRR: inter-rater reliability; SWAT: Subjective Workload Assessment Technique; NASA-TLX: National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index; EL: emotional load; DSSQ: Dundee Stress State Questionnaire; PHL: physical load; SBO: Strategisch Basis Onderzoek
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