Ergonomics: Major Writings, Volume 2Neville Moray Psychology Press, 2005 - 2248 pages Ergonomics aims to design appliances, technical systems and tasks in such a way as to improve human safety, health, comfort and performance. It developed into a recognized field during the Second World War, when for the first time, technology and the human sciences were systematically applied in a coordinated manner. Physiologists, psychologists, anthropologists, medical doctors, work scientists and engineers, together addressed the problems arising from the operation of complex military equipment. |
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Contents
General introduction | 1 |
PART | 5 |
An application of measurement methods to improve | 10 |
Origins and scope of human factorsergonomics | 15 |
PART 2 | 24 |
A simulator study of the interaction of pilot workload with | 25 |
An overview of macroergonomics | 38 |
Cognitive systems engineering | 59 |
Index 545 | 279 |
Theoretical and pragmatic influences on task analysis methods | 280 |
Anthropometric measurements on selected populations | 295 |
International anthropometric variability and its effects | 316 |
Alterations of the lumbar curve related to posture and seating | 339 |
The design of controls | 343 |
A design philosophy for manmachine control systems | 360 |
Allocation of function between human and machine | 365 |
Stimulusresponse stereotypes | 103 |
Direction of motion stereotypes in positioning a visual | 118 |
Ergonomics and the global problems of the twentyfirst | 126 |
Exploring compatibility with words and pictures | 132 |
The psychopathology of everyday things | 149 |
The role of laboratory experiment in the study of pilot error | 150 |
PART 3 | 176 |
A typology of experiments | 186 |
Toward a theory of situation awareness in dynamic systems | 197 |
PART 2 | 203 |
Optimal control theory | 211 |
A method for manmachine analysis | 231 |
what does it mean in human control? | 234 |
Task analysis | 258 |
Acknowledgements ix | 377 |
Analysis of factors contributing to 460 pilot error | 383 |
Allocation of function in supervisory staff | 384 |
Humans and Automation | 393 |
Categorization of action slips | 414 |
Human error | 437 |
PART 1 | 438 |
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PART 6 | 479 |
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some theoretical and practical issues | 503 |
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