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70025I

cognitive load

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Definition:

amount of cognitive facilities or effort required to perform a task or set of tasks

Context:

The primary benefits are removing people from hazardous environments and providing new opportunities for communicating good OSH practice. The risks are mainly psychosocial (e.g. relating to the emotional and cognitive load associated with the 24/7 economy, permanent connectivity, loss of traditional working hierarchies and social interaction at work) and ergonomic (e.g. relating to the increase in the use of mobile devices and new human-machine interfaces).

Term reference

Stacey, N., Ellwood, P., Bradbrook, S., Foresight on new and emerging occupational safety and health risks associated with information and communication technologies and work location by 2025 – Final Report, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), Bilbao, 18.1.2018, p. 6, https://osha.europa.eu/en/oshwiki/foresight-new-and-emerging-occupational-safety-and-health-risks-associated-information-and-0 [9.10.2018]

Translations

Български: когнитивно натоварване
Čeština: kognitivní zátěž
Dansk: kognitiv belastning
Deutsch: kognitive Beanspruchung
Ελληνικά: νοητικό φορτίο
English: cognitive load
Español: carga cognitiva
Eesti: kognitiivne koormus
Suomi: kognitiivinen kuorma
Français: charge cognitive
Hrvatski: kognitivno opterećenje
Magyar: kognitív terhelés
Íslenska: vitsmunaálag
Italiano: carico cognitivo
Lietuvių: kognityvinis krūvis
Latviešu: kognitīvā noslodze
Malti: tagħbija konjittiva
Nederlands: cognitieve belasting
Norsk: kognitiv belastning
Polski: obciążenie poznawcze
Português: carga cognitiva
Română: încărcare cognitivă
Slovenčina: kognitívne zaťaženie
Slovenščina: kognitivna obremenitev
Svenska: kognitiv belastning