Local Applications of the Ecological Approach To Human-Machine Systems
eBook - ePub

Local Applications of the Ecological Approach To Human-Machine Systems

  1. 488 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Local Applications of the Ecological Approach To Human-Machine Systems

About this book

There is a growing consensus in the human factors/ergonomics community that human factors research has had little impact on significant applied problems. Some have suggested that the problem lies in the fact that much HF/E research has been based on the wrong type of psychology, an information processing view of psychology that is reductionistic and context-free. Ecological psychology offers a viable alternative, presenting a richer view of human behavior that is holistic and contextualized. The papers presented in these two volumes show the conceptual impact that ecological psychology can have on HF/E, as well as presenting a number of specific examples illustrating the ecological approach to human-machine systems. It is the first collection of papers that explicitly draws a connection between these two fields. While work in this area is only just beginning, the evidence available suggests that taking an ecological approach to human factors/ergonomics helps bridge the existing gap between basic research and applied problems.

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Yes, you can access Local Applications of the Ecological Approach To Human-Machine Systems by Peter A. Hancock,John M. Flach,Jeff Caird,Kim J. Vicente in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Technology & Engineering & Human-Computer Interaction. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Contributors
  8. Preface
  9. 1 Perceiving and Driving: Where Parallel Roads Meet
  10. 2 Perceiving and Avoiding Rollover in Agricultural Tractors
  11. 3 Low-Altitude Flight
  12. 4 Perceptual Support for Timing of the Flare in the Landing of an Aircraft
  13. 5 Coordination of Postural Control and Vehicular Control: Implications for Multimodal Perception and Simulation of Self-Motion
  14. 6 Designing for Telepresence: The Delft Virtual Window System
  15. 7 Representation of System Invariants by Optical Invariants in Configural Displays for Process Control
  16. 8 Human Exploration and Perception in Off-Road Navigation
  17. 9 Topographic Map Reading
  18. 10 On the Specification of the Information Available for the Perception and Description of the Natural Terrain
  19. 11 The Role of Mental Simulation in Problem Solving and Decision Making
  20. 12 A Situated Cognition Approach to Problem Solving
  21. 13 Designing Team Workstations: The Choreography of Teamwork
  22. 14 Risk Management and the Evolution of Instability in Large-Scale, Industrial Systems
  23. Author Index
  24. Subject Index