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Human Performance and Ergonomics brings together a comprehensive and modern account of how the context of performance is crucial to understanding behavior. Environment provides both constraints and opportunities to individuals, such that external conditions may have reciprocal or interactive effects...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors: Hancock, Peter A., 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Diego, Calif. : Academic Press, ©1999.
Series:Handbook of perception and cognition (2nd ed.)
Subjects:
Cognitive psychology.
Human-machine systems.
Human engineering > Psychological aspects.
Human behavior.
Cognition.
Human engineering.
Psychology.
Psychology, Industrial.
Human-computer interaction.
Decision making.
Human physiology.
Organizational effectiveness.
Performance technology.
Man-Machine Systems
Psychology, Industrial
Attitude to Computers
Decision Making
Task Performance and Analysis
Behavior
Cognition
Ergonomics
Psychology
Psychologie cognitive.
Systèmes homme-machine.
Ergonomie > Aspect psychologique.
Psychologie du travail.
Interaction personne-ordinateur.
Prise de décision.
Rendement au travail.
Physiologie humaine.
Efficacité organisationnelle.
Comportement humain.
Ergonomie.
Psychologie.
human behavior.
cognition.
ergonomics.
psychology.
decision making.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Industrial Design > General.
Organizational effectiveness
Human physiology
Human engineering
Human-computer interaction
Human behavior
Decision making
Cognitive psychology
Human-machine systems
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Human Performance and Ergonomics brings together a comprehensive and modern account of how the context of performance is crucial to understanding behavior. Environment provides both constraints and opportunities to individuals, such that external conditions may have reciprocal or interactive effects on behavior. The book begins with an account of research in human factors and engineering, with application of research to real world environments, methodological concerns, and rumination on current and future trends. The book proceeds to how technology has moved from being designed to help human p.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxiv, 397 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780080534213
008053421X
1281046507
9781281046505