Age differences in identifying words in synthetic speech.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To provide an evaluative and personal overview of the life and contributions of Professor John Senders and to introduce this Special Issue dedicated to his memory. BACKGROUND:John Senders made many profound contributions to HF/E. These various topics are exemplified by the range of papers which compose the S...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Hancock PA,Crichton-Harris A,Sellen A,Sheridan TB,Hancock GM

更新日期：2020-08-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined whether a gene known to influence dopamine availability in the prefrontal cortex is associated with individual differences in learning a supervisory control task. BACKGROUND:Methods are needed for selection and training of human operators who can effectively supervise multiple unmanned vehicles (...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Parasuraman R,Kidwell B,Olmstead R,Lin MK,Jankord R,Greenwood P

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to evaluate relationships between the revised NIOSH lifting equation (RNLE) and risk of low-back pain (LBP). BACKGROUND:The RNLE is commonly used to quantify job physical stressors to the low back from lifting and/or lowering of loads. There is no prospective study on the relationsh...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Garg A,Boda S,Hegmann KT,Moore JS,Kapellusch JM,Bhoyar P,Thiese MS,Merryweather A,Deckow-Schaefer G,Bloswick D,Malloy EJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to assess the effects of (a) auto-injector form factor on maximum applied force capability and (b) auto-injector design and instructions on force production and orientation. BACKGROUND:Effective delivery of epinephrine through an auto-injector is the result of a multitude of design ...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Barbir A,Janelli MV,Lin MY,Dennerlein JT

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to examine individual markers of resilience and obtain quantitative insights into the understanding and the implications of variation and expertise levels in train traffic operators' goals and strategic mental models and their impact on performance. BACKGROUND:The Dutch railways are...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Lo JC,Pluyter KR,Meijer SA

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We examined preferences for different forms of causal explanations for indeterminate situations. Background: Klein and Hoffman distinguished several forms of causal explanations for indeterminate, complex situations: single-cause explanations, lists of causes, and explanations that interrelate several causes....

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Klein G,Rasmussen L,Lin MH,Hoffman RR,Case J

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This research aimed to identify the most frequently occurring human factors contributing to maintenance-related failures within a petroleum industry organization. Commonality between failures will assist in understanding reliability in maintenance processes, thereby preventing accidents in high-hazard domains...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Antonovsky A,Pollock C,Straker L

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The behavioral validation of an advanced driving simulator for its use in evaluating passive level crossing countermeasures was performed for stopping compliance and speed profile. BACKGROUND:Despite the fact that most research on emerging interventions for improving level crossing safety is conducted in a d...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Larue GS,Wullems C,Sheldrake M,Rakotonirainy A

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This research examines how people make movements with pointing devices during human-computer interaction. It specifically concerns the perceptual-motor processes that mediate the speed and accuracy of cursor positioning with electromechanical mice. In three experiments we investigated the spatial and temporal characte...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Walker N,Meyer DE,Smelcer JB

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this project is to evaluate a new auditory cue, which the authors call spearcons, in comparison to other auditory cues with the aim of improving auditory menu navigation. BACKGROUND:With the shrinking displays of mobile devices and increasing technology use by visually impaired users, it becomes ...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Walker BN,Lindsay J,Nance A,Nakano Y,Palladino DK,Dingler T,Jeon M

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In a driving simulator, a backwards counting task, a simple steering task, and a fully autonomous driving task were applied to study the independent effects of cognitive load, visual-cognitive-manual load, and optic flow on visual detection response task (vDRT) performance. The study was designed to increase ...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： van Winsum W

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most commercial footwear is designed and manufactured on a curved last, although the amount of curvature of the last and the turning point of the last centerline have not been formally determined. In this study, we used principal component analysis to determine the foot axis so that lasts that match feet can be produc...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Goonetilleke RS,Luximon A

更新日期：1999-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer of tactical aviation technology into automobiles is creating information display requirements that are likely to be met by use of the head-up display (HUD). These developments are based largely on conclusions that the HUD-related safety issues raised in the aviation HUD literature can be dismissed and tha...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Tufano DR

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 36 licensed pilots flew both single-UAV and dual-UAV simulated military missions. Pilots were required to navigate each UAV through a series of mission legs in one of the following three conditions: a baseline condition, an auditory autoalert condition, and an autopilot condition....

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Dixon SR,Wickens CD,Chang D

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective is to validate a computational model of visual attention against empirical data--derived from a meta-analysis--of pilots' failure to notice safety-critical unexpected events. BACKGROUND:Many aircraft accidents have resulted, in part, because of failure to notice nonsalient unexpected events out...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Wickens CD,Hooey BL,Gore BF,Sebok A,Koenicke CS

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reaction time, eye movements, and errors were measured during visual search of Web pages to determine age-related differences in performance as a function of link size, link number, link location, and clutter. Participants (15 young adults, M = 23 years; 14 older adults, M = 57 years) searched Web pages for target lin...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Grahame M,Laberge J,Scialfa CT

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated variables that may contribute to motorcycle conspicuity within a high-fidelity simulated environment. The variables included motorcycle lighting, vehicular daytime running lights (DRLs), and age of the driver of the other vehicle. BACKGROUND:Research suggests that decreased levels of ...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Smither JA,Torrez LI

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In this study, we evaluated the effects of key spacing on a conventional computer keyboard on typing speed, percentage error, usability, and forearm muscle activity and wrist posture. BACKGROUND:International standards that specify the spacing between keys on a keyboard have been guided primarily by design c...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Pereira A,Lee DL,Sadeeshkumar H,Laroche C,Odell D,Rempel D

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The current study investigated performance on a dual auditory task during a simulated night shift. BACKGROUND:Night shifts and sleep deprivation negatively affect performance on vigilance-based tasks, but less is known about the effects on complex tasks. Because language processing is necessary for successfu...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Pilcher JJ,Jennings KS,Phillips GE,McCubbin JA

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To identify and critically evaluate methods for proning patients with COVID-19 in the intensive care unit (ICU). BACKGROUND:Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is common in hospitalized patients with COVID-19. Proning improves blood oxygenation and survival rates in these patients but is not commonly ...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Wiggermann N,Zhou J,Kumpar D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Factors limiting binocular fusion were studied using 2-dimensional difference of Gaussian (2D-DOG) stimuli. The proportion of fused stimuli and observer's response time were determined for stimuli that varied in spatial frequency composition between 0.22 and 4.8 cycles per degree. At small disparities, mean fusion res...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Roumes C,Plantier J,Menu JP,Thorpe S

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:An experiment studied the frequency and correlates of driver mind wandering. BACKGROUND:Driver mind wandering is associated with risk for crash involvement. The present experiment examined the performance and attentional changes by which this effect might occur. METHOD:Participants performed a car-following...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： He J,Becic E,Lee YC,McCarley JS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:In the present study we aimed to investigate the relationships between lower-limb joint proprioception and postural balance. Age-related differences in such relationships were also identified. BACKGROUND:Impaired postural balance is reportedly one of the most common risk factors for fall accidents. Intervent...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Chen X,Qu X

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The study was designed to show how driver attention to the road scene and engagement of a choice of secondary tasks are affected by the level of automation provided to assist or take over the basic task of vehicle control. It was also designed to investigate the difference between support in longitudinal cont...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Carsten O,Lai FC,Barnard Y,Jamson AH,Merat N

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We investigated the effectiveness of a theoretically motivated intervention at reducing procedural errors in train yard operations, where making these errors could be costly or life-threatening. BACKGROUND:A widespread and persistent memory error that people commit on a daily basis is the postcompletion erro...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： McDonald JD,Durso FT

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To highlight the working strategies used by expert manual handlers compared with novice manual handlers, based on recordings of shoulder and upper limb kinematics, electromyography (EMG), and estimated muscle forces during a lifting task. BACKGROUND:Novice workers involved in assembly, manual handling, and p...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Goubault E,Martinez R,Assila N,Monga-Dubreuil É,Dowling-Medley J,Dal Maso F,Begon M

更新日期：2020-11-25 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to distill and define those influences under which change in objective performance level and the linked cognitive workload reflections of subjective experience and physiological variation either associate, dissociate, or are insensitive, one to another. BACKGROUND:Human factors/ergo...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Hancock PA,Matthews G

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The present research addresses the issue of reliance on decision support systems for the long-term (DSSLT), which help users develop decision-making strategies and long-term planning. It is argued that providing information about a system's future performance in an experiential manner, as compared with a desc...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Yuviler-Gavish N,Gopher D

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of movement activities and alternative fitting procedures on protection levels afforded by four hearing protection devices (HPDs). Psychophysical attenuation measurements at nine one-third-octave bands from 125 to 8000 Hz were obtained prior to, during, and followin...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Casali JG,Park MY

更新日期：1990-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We describe a networked, two-user virtual reality (VR) power wheelchair (PWC) simulator system in which an actor (client) and an observer (clinician) meet. We then present a study with 15 observers (expert clinicians) evaluating the effect of three principal forms of viewpoint control (egocentric-egomotion, e...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Alshaer A,O'Hare D,Archambault P,Shirley M,Regenbrecht H

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00