The Validity of Physiological Measures to Identify Differences in Intrinsic Cognitive Load

• Published in: Frontiers in psychology Vol. 12; p. 702538
• Main Authors: Ayres, Paul, Lee, Joy Yeonjoo, Paas, Fred, van Merriënboer, Jeroen J. G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A 10.09.2021
• Subjects: cognitive load theory; intrinsic cognitive load; physiological measures; Psychology; validity; working-memory load; workload

A sample of 33 experiments was extracted from the Web-of-Science database over a 5-year period (2016–2020) that used physiological measures to measure intrinsic cognitive load. Only studies that required participants to solve tasks of varying complexities using a within-subjects design were included...