A stress-at-work judging apparatus, program, and method for judging the
stress exerted on the subject at work such as steering of a vehicle by
the subject. An myoelectric potential signal of the masseter muscle is
inputted during an object work carried out by the activity of muscles
independent of the activity of the masseter muscle opening/closing the
jaw of the subject. The myoelectric potential signal representing a
change of the activity of the masseter muscle and generated when the
object work acts as a stressor of the subject is used to judge the
stress. A camera or microphone is disposed near the subject to exclude
the period during which the subject speaks or masticate by using the
masseter muscle independently of the object work from the object period
during which stress is judged.