Cognitive Performance Lab
JOURNAL ARTICLES
J6. ​​Choudhury, N. A., & Saravanan, P. (2025). "Mapping Critical Decisions and Cues in Firefighting: A Structured Analysis Using the Critical Decision Method." Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/15553434251377924
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J5. Saravanan, P., Jones, S.L., Weston, C., McGarity, T., Mulcahy, A., Sasangohar, F. (2025). “Using the Delphi technique and critical decisions method to derive nursing student training requirements for sepsis detection in adult patients,” Under-review in Human Factors in Healthcare.
J4. Saravanan, P., Nisar, T., Zhang, Q., Masud, F., & Sasangohar, F. (2023). “Occupational stress and burnout among intensive care unit nurses during the pandemic: A prospective longitudinal study of nurses in COVID and non-COVID units,” Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1129268. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1129268
J3. Saravanan, P., & Menold, J. (2023). “Mining Literature to Identify Factors Influencing Prosthetic Prescription and Rehabilitation of Persons with Lower-Limb Amputations,” JPO: Journal of Prosthetics and Orthotics, 35(3), 131-138. http://doi.org/10.1097/JPO.0000000000000453
J2. Saravanan, P., Masud, F., Kash, B. A., & Sasangohar, F. (2022). “Investigating burn-out contributors and mitigators among intensive care unit nurses during COVID-19: a focus group interview study,” BMJ Open, 12(12), e065989. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-065989
J1. Saravanan, P., & Menold, J. (2022). “Deriving effective decision-making strategies of prosthetists: Using hidden Markov modeling and qualitative analysis to compare experts and novices,” Human Factors, 64(1), 188-206. https://doi.org/10.1177/00187208211032860
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
C15. Karunathilake, S., Choudhury, N. A., Deep, A., & Saravanan, P. (2025) "Predicting Cognitive Workload in Visuospatial Tasks Using Pupillometry: A Machine Learning Approach." In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - 69th Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813251357928
C14. Karunathilake, S., Meissner, C., & Saravanan, P. (2025) "Eye-Tracking Metrics and Visuospatial Task Complexity: A Comparative Analysis." In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - 69th Annual Meeting.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813251357917
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C13. Choudhury, N. A., & Saravanan, P. (2025) "Mining Recurring Themes in Firefighter Decision-Making: An LDA Topic Modeling Analysis." In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - 69th Annual Meeting.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813251357912
C12. Choudhury, N. A., Bush, K, & Saravanan, P. (2025) "Firefighter Stressors: A Systematic Review on Individual, Occupational, and Environmental Stressors." In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - 69th Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813251357882
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C11. Choudhury, N. A., Karunathilake, S., Wheeler, D., Condley, R., & Saravanan, P. (2024) "Identifying Parenting Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Survey-Based Study." In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - 68th Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813241276469
C10. Choudhury, N. A., & Saravanan, P. (2024) "Identifying the Causes and Effects of Decision Fatigue through a Systematic Review." In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society - 68th Annual Meeting.
https://doi.org/10.1177/10711813241275494
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C9. Zhang, Q., Sasangohar, F., Saravanan, P., Ahmadi, N., Nisar, T., Danesh, V., & Masud, F. (2023) “Exploring cognitive stress-related tasks of Intensive Care Unit nurses – A comparison study,” Human Factors and Ergonomics Society – 67th Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/21695067231192711
C8. Zhang, Q., Saravanan, P., Sasangohar, F., & Ahmadi, N. (2022) “Real-time stress monitoring for Intensive Care Unit (ICU) nurses,” Human Factors and Ergonomics Society – 66th Annual Meeting. https://doi.org/10.1177/1071181322661457
C7. Saravanan, P., & Menold, J. (2021) “Developing an evidence-based clinical decision-support system to enhance prosthetic prescription,” International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1177/2327857921101116
C6. Mahajan, N., Saravanan, P., & Menold, J. (2021) “Using simulations to study the impact of transtibial amputations on long-term health of intact limb,” International Symposium of Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare. https://doi.org/10.1177/2327857921101031
C5. Mahan, T., Saravanan, P., Krishnakumar, S., Nolte, H., McComb, C., & Menold, J. (2021), “When the Going Gets Tough: Exploring Changes in the Startup Landscape Due to the Challenges of 2020,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2021-71798
C4. Saravanan, P., Walker, M. & Menold, J. (2020) “Developing Training Tools for Clinicians in LICs: Using Hidden Markov Modeling to Study the Decision-Making Strategies of Expert and Novice Prosthetists,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2020-22144
C3. Walker, M., Saravanan, P. & Menold, J. (2020) “Developing Training Tools for Clinicians in LICs: A Qualitative Investigation of the Patient Factors that Influence Prosthetic Prescription,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2020-22197
C2. Saravanan, P., Yao, J. & Menold, J. (2020) “Portable Gait Analysis System with an Integration of Kinect Sensor and Inertial Measurement Units,” Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Health-Care Symposium Proceedings. https://doi.org/10.1177/2327857920091044
C1. Saravanan, P., Hipple, C., Wang, J., McComb, C., & Menold, J. (2019) “Decision-Making in the Prescription of Orthotics and Prosthetics for Partial-Foot Amputees,” ASME International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2019-97470