Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States

Nitin Koundal; Nina Bencheva; M. Naufal M. Saad; Irraivan Elamvazuthi; Maged S. Al-Quraishi; Abdualrhman Abdalhadi

doi:10.1109/ET59121.2023.10279605

Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States

Nitin Koundal^*, Nina Bencheva, M. Naufal M. Saad, Irraivan Elamvazuthi, Maged S. Al-Quraishi, Abdualrhman Abdalhadi

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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.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350302004
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ET59121.2023.10279605
State	Published - 2023
Externally published	Yes
Event	32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Sozopol, Bulgaria Duration: 13 Sep 2023 → 15 Sep 2023

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Name	2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings

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Conference	32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023
Country/Territory	Bulgaria
City	Sozopol
Period	13/09/23 → 15/09/23

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© 2023 IEEE.

Keywords

cognitive neuroscience
emotions
fNIRS
interruptions
mental workload
performance

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Instrumentation
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Education

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Koundal, N., Bencheva, N., Saad, M. N. M., Elamvazuthi, I., Al-Quraishi, M. S., & Abdalhadi, A. (2023). Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States. In 2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings (2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ET59121.2023.10279605

Koundal, Nitin ; Bencheva, Nina ; Saad, M. Naufal M. et al. / Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States. 2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings).

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Koundal, N, Bencheva, N, Saad, MNM, Elamvazuthi, I, Al-Quraishi, MS & Abdalhadi, A 2023, Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States. in 2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings. 2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023, Sozopol, Bulgaria, 13/09/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/ET59121.2023.10279605

Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States. / Koundal, Nitin; Bencheva, Nina; Saad, M. Naufal M. et al.
2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. (2023 32nd International Scientific Conference Electronics, ET 2023 - Proceedings).

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Investigating the Effect of Nested Interruptions and Levels of Cognitive Demand on Mental States

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