eprintid: 19069 rev_number: 2 eprint_status: archive userid: 1 dir: disk0/00/01/90/69 datestamp: 2024-06-04 14:11:31 lastmod: 2024-06-04 14:11:31 status_changed: 2024-06-04 14:04:46 type: conference_item metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Koundal, N. creators_name: Bencheva, N. creators_name: Saad, M.N.M. creators_name: Elamvazuthi, I. creators_name: Al-Quraishi, M.S. creators_name: Abdalhadi, A. title: Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States ispublished: pub keywords: Infrared devices; Near infrared spectroscopy, Cognitive demands; Cognitive loads; Cognitive neurosciences; Emotion; Functional near infrared spectroscopy; Interruption; Mental state; Mental workload; Performance; Secondary tasks, Human resource management note: cited By 2; Conference of 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 ; Conference Date: 13 September 2023 Through 15 September 2023; Conference Code:193586 abstract: Interruptions to secondary tasks increase cognitive load and emotion. Interruptions force workers to switch jobs. In the two studies, some of these secondary tasks get interrupted, resulting in multiple tasks that must be resumed, known as nested interruptions. We hypothesize that nested interruption and mental task levels increase the mental load and negative emotions and degrade performance. The participant would have to encode the resumption goals for both the primary and the interrupted secondary tasks in working memory. Initially, a preliminary laboratory experiment was conducted on two participants using Functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) in which one participant had to complete the three tasks (without and with time press and cognitive demand) without interruption, and the other had to complete the tasks with two kinds of interruption (single and nested interruption). Our research can help managers and staff members manage nested interruptions and workloads better. © 2023 IEEE. date: 2023 official_url: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85176119274&doi=10.1109%2fET59121.2023.10279605&partnerID=40&md5=5e4b15930e42a69d28c0d488c3b7f5a7 id_number: 10.1109/ET59121.2023.10279605 full_text_status: none publication: 2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings refereed: TRUE citation: Koundal, N. and Bencheva, N. and Saad, M.N.M. and Elamvazuthi, I. and Al-Quraishi, M.S. and Abdalhadi, A. (2023) Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States. In: UNSPECIFIED.