Quantifying Attention in Computer-based Tasks

Attention-to-task is one of the most important Human cognitive abilities, allowing an individual to selectively focus on a speci c issue (among many possible sources) and e ectively carry out a task. Without this ability to focus, the individual would constantly switch between stimuli, hardly concluding any task. While attention can be in uenced by many internal and external factors, the purpose of this paper is not to analyse them but rather to propose an approach to monitor the attentional behaviour of computer users. The proposed approach may improve the individual's self-awareness as well as the team manager's knowledge about the state of the workforce. It may thus improve the de nition of better attention-management strategies, with expected improvements in variables such as on-task behaviour, productivity or work quality.