Traffic accidents are caused by driver fatigue or distraction in many cases. To prevent accidents, several low-cost hypovigilance (hypo-V) systems were developed the past based on a multimodal-hybrid (physiological and behavioral) feature set. Similarly this paper, real-time inattention (Hypo-Driver) detection system is proposed through multi-view cameras biosignal sensors to extract hybrid fea...

BACKGROUND Fatigue is common in both Sjögren's syndrome (SS) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can restrict functioning. AIMS We tested the convergent validity of the Profile of Fatigue (ProF) using the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory (MFI) in SS and RA. METHODS The 16-item ProF and the 20-item MFI were completed by 82 White-British women aged 35-79 years (mean 60.4 years). Thirty-four h...

Driver fatigue is one of the leading causes of traffic accidents. Therefore, the use of assistive systems that monitor a driver’s level of vigilance and alert the driver in case of drowsiness and distraction can be significant in the prevention of accidents. This paper presents morphology based operations in extracting various visual cues like eye, eye brows, mouth and head movement. The parame...

Accident research is highly concerned with the danger to fall asleep at the wheel.. To develop a driver support system that is able to measure the state of the driver a reliable criterion for fatigue has to be found. Several approaches have been made in the past, but the difficulty to operationalise fatigue remains. 75 subjects drove on a monotonous route on highway in a vibro-acoustic simulato...

The purpose of this study was to investigate whether listening to relaxing music would help reduce mental fatigue and to maintain performance after a continuous performance task. The experiment involved two fatigue evaluation phases carried out before and after a fatigue inducing phase. A 1-hour AX-continuous performance test was used to induce mental fatigue in the fatigue-inducing phase, and ...

This study examined the effects of mental fatigue and additional corridor and pitch sector lines on players' physical and tactical performances during soccer small-sided games. Twelve youth players performed four Gk+6vs6+Gk small-sided games. Prior to the game, one team performed a motor coordination task to induce mental fatigue, while the other one performed a control task. A repeated measure...

Neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the effects of mental fatigue are poorly understood. Here, we examined whether error-related brain activity, indexing performance monitoring by the anterior cingulate cortex (ACC), and strategic behavioural adjustments were modulated by mental fatigue, as induced by 2 h of continuous demanding cognitive task performance. Findings that (1) mental fatigue is a...

Drowsiness is the state where a person is almost asleep or very lightly asleep. It refers to an inability to keep awake. In this thesis drowsiness and sleepiness are considered synonymous, but the term drowsiness will be used. Another concept commonly used is fatigue, which is an extreme tiredness that comes from physical or mental activity. Drowsiness can also be described by the grade of wake...

Although fatigue is recognized as a symptom of MS, there have been insufficient methods for evaluating this symptom. We administered the Fatigue Impact Scale to 85 MS patients and 20 hypertensive patients. Neurologic impairment, mental health, and general health status were also assessed. MS patients reported significantly higher fatigue impact than hypertensive patients. Most MS patients repor...