Establishing Measurement Equivalence Across Computer- and Paper-Based Tests of Spatial Cognition.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The authors evaluate the effectiveness of noninvasive brain stimulation, in particular, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), for accelerating learning and enhancing human performance on complex tasks. BACKGROUND:Developing expertise in complex tasks typically requires extended training and practic...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Parasuraman R,McKinley RA

更新日期：2014-08-01 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：:Pulling tasks require the torso to act as a rigid link in order to facilitate the force transmission between the ground and the hands. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that a lifting belt increases the rigidity of the torso, thereby increasing pulling strength or reducing trunk muscle forces, or both, as pullin...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Lavender SA,Chen SH,Li YC,Andersson GB

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Objective To evaluate the effect of a laparoscopic instrument with a 360° rotatable handle piece (rot-HP) on biomechanical stress and precision in different areas of a simulated operating field at two working heights. Background Surgeons performing laparoscopic procedures are exposed to biomechanical stress and have a...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Steinhilber B,Reiff F,Seibt R,Rieger MA,Martus P,Kraemer B,Rothmund R

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We seek to develop a new approach for analyzing the physical demands of highly variable lifting tasks through an adaptation of the Revised NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) Lifting Equation (RNLE) into a Variable Lifting Index (VLI). BACKGROUND:There are many jobs that contain ind...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Waters T,Occhipinti E,Colombini D,Alvarez-Casado E,Fox R

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Visual recognition functions, such as acuity and contrast sensitivity, deteriorate rapidly over the declining luminances found during civil twilight. Thus civil twilight, a critical part of the transition between daylight and darkness, represents lighting conditions that may be useful to describe artificial illuminati...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Andre J,Owens DA

更新日期：2001-01-01 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 purpose was to add to the body of knowledge regarding the impact of interruption on acute care nurses' cognitive workload, total task completion times, nurse frustration, and medication administration error while programming a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. BACKGROUND:Data support that the seve...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Campoe KR,Giuliano KK

更新日期：2017-12-01 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：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:We show that psychophysiologically driven real-time adaptive aiding significantly enhances performance in a complex aviation task. A further goal was to assess the importance of individual operator capabilities when providing adaptive aiding. BACKGROUND:Psychophysiological measures are useful for monitoring ...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Wilson GF,Russell CA

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To investigate whether head-worn displays (HWDs) help mobile participants make better alarm management decisions and achieve better situation awareness than alarms alone. BACKGROUND:Patient alarms occur frequently in hospitals but often do not require clinical intervention. Clinicians may become desensitized...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Pascale MT,Sanderson P,Liu D,Mohamed I,Brecknell B,Loeb RG

更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article describes the derivation of strap lengths and adjustments to fall-arrest harnesses and the development of harness size configurations. BACKGROUND:Updated harness sizing configurations are needed to accommodate diverse populations in the current workforce. METHOD:Three-dimensional torso anthropo...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Hsiao H,Whitestone J,Taylor S,Godby M,Guan J

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The objective of the present studies was to apply a novel method for structural knowledge assessment to process control to assess the potential of its measures as a training outcome. BACKGROUND:Traditionally, knowledge is assessed by verbal achievement tests on the subject matter. However, traditional method...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Burkolter D,Meyer B,Kluge A,Sauer J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study aimed to organize the literature on cognitive aids to allow comparison of findings across studies and link the applied work of aid development to psychological constructs and theories of cognition. BACKGROUND:Numerous taxonomies have been developed, all of which label cognitive aids via their surf...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： McLaughlin AC,Byrne VE

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of three types of flight simulator visual scene detail on detection of altitude change were evaluated in three experiments. Across all experiments and with a variety of tasks and display conditions, speed and accuracy of detecting altitude change improved with increases in the density of vertical objects i...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Kleiss JA,Hubbard DC

更新日期：1993-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Alerts in the cockpit must be robust, difficult to ignore, and easily recognized. Tactile alerts can provide means to direct the pilot's attention in the already visual-auditory overloaded cockpit environment. OBJECTIVE:This research examined the thigh as a placement for vibrotactile display in the cockpit....

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Salzer Y,Oron-Gilad T,Ronen A,Parmet Y

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A central feature of the impairment in performance produced by inert gas narcosis, which poses a threat to divers breathing compressed air, is a slowing of reaction time (RT). To investigate the locus of this slowing, the effects of 35% nitrous oxide on Crossman's confusion function were determined using line-length a...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Fowler B,Mitchell I,Bhatia M,Porlier G

更新日期：1989-10-01 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：:Massachusetts Health Care Panel Study data were used to examine age-related changes in driving patterns over 10 years in a community-dwelling cohort of elders. In 1974, 86% of the men and 76% of the women reported that the automobile was their chief mode of transportation. At each follow-up, 87% or more of those who h...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Jette AM,Branch LG

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In manual material handling tasks, the handle serves as the interface between the human operator and the box (the materials). Handle angle design can affect both wrist posture and lifting ability. This study was designed to evaluate the effect of handle angle on maximal acceptable weight of lifting (MAWL), perceived w...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Wang MJ,Chung HC,Chen HC

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The aim of this study was to test whether inattentional deafness to critical alarms would be observed in a simulated cockpit. BACKGROUND:The inability of pilots to detect unexpected changes in their auditory environment (e.g., alarms) is a major safety problem in aeronautics. In aviation, the lack of respons...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Dehais F,Causse M,Vachon F,Régis N,Menant E,Tremblay S

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The effects of handle friction and torque direction on muscle activity and torque are empirically investigated using cylindrical handles. BACKGROUND:A torque biomechanical model that considers contact force, friction, and torque direction was evaluated using different friction handles. METHODS:Twelve adults...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Seo NJ,Armstrong TJ,Chaffin DB,Ashton-Miller JA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this research was to assess the usability of a voting system designed for smart-phones. BACKGROUND:Smartphones offer remote participation in elections through the use of pervasive technology. Voting on these devices could, among other benefits, increase voter participation while allowing voters t...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Campbell BA,Tossell CC,Byrne MD,Kortum P

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reexamined the additivity of maximum isometric teamwork lifting strength using experienced and height-matched young male participants. The maximum isometric lifting strength was measured for four exertion heights (45, 75, 105, and 140 cm) and four lifting styles (one-, two, three-, and four-person exertions...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Lee TH

更新日期：2004-01-01 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：OBJECTIVE:This research was designed to examine the contribution of self-reported experience and cue utilization to diagnostic accuracy in the context of radiology. BACKGROUND:Within radiology, it is unclear how task-related experience contributes to the acquisition of associations between features with events in memo...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Carrigan AJ,Magnussen J,Georgiou A,Curby KM,Palmeri TJ,Wiggins MW

更新日期：2020-03-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The self-reliance of the physically impaired can be seriously jeopardized by their inability to operate everyday products, especially if both upper extremities are impaired. To determine the difficulties impaired users encounter in operating consumer product controls, on-site video recordings were made of subjects suf...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： Kanis H

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study explored how subjects from childhood (8-14 years old) to elderly adulthood could identify the odors of 17 everyday products. Performance at naming followed an inverted U-shaped course over age, best in young adults and poorest in children and elderly. A discrimination task given to the adults revealed parall...

journal_title：Human factors

authors： De Wijk RA,Cain WS

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00