Wearable Device-Based Physiological Signal Monitoring: An Assessment Study of Cognitive Load Across Tasks

This study employs cutting-edge wearable monitoring technology to conduct high-precision, high-temporal-resolution cognitive load assessment on EEG data from the FP1 channel and heart rate variability (HRV) data of secondary vocational students(SVS). By jointly analyzing these two critical physiological indicators, the research delves into their application value in assessing cognitive load among SVS students and their utility across various tasks. The study designed two experiments to validate the efficacy of the proposed approach: Initially, a random forest classification model, developed using the N-BACK task, enabled the precise decoding of physiological signal characteristics in SVS students under different levels of cognitive load, achieving a classification accuracy of 97%. Subsequently, this classification model was applied in a cross-task experiment involving the National Computer Rank Examination, demonstrating the method's significant applicability and cross-task transferability in diverse learning contexts. Conducted with high portability, this research holds substantial theoretical and practical significance for optimizing teaching resource allocation in secondary vocational education, as well as for cognitive load assessment methods and monitoring. Currently, the research findings are undergoing trial implementation in the school.