Restoring vigilance in multi-task scenarios: a comparison of meditation, exposure to nature, music, and action video games.
This study aimed to investigate the cognitive mechanisms behind vigilance changes in multi-task scenarios. Moreover, we compared the effects of four types of rest activities, i.e. meditation, virtual exposure to nature, listening to music, playing an action video game (AVG), on mitigating possible p...
| Publicado en: | Ergonomics Vol. 69; no. 3; pp. 486 - 511 |
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| Formato: | pictorial research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2026
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