Introduction to Human Factors Engineering

For undergraduate courses in Human-Factors Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering Psychology, or Human-Factors Psychology. Offering a somewhat more psychological perspective than other human factors books on the market, this text describes the capabilities and limitations of the human operator-both physical and mental-and how these should be used to guide the design of systems with which people interact. General principles of human-system interaction and design are presented, and included are specific examples of successful and unsuccessful interactions. It links theories of human performance that underlie the principles with real-world experience, without a heavy engineering-oriented perspective.

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• 1. Human Factors Engineering.
• 2. Design and Evaluation Methods.
• 3. Visual Sensory System.
• 4. Auditory, Tactile, and Vestibular System.
• 5. Cognition.
• 6. Decision Making.
• 7. Displays.
• 8. Controls.
• 9. Engineering Anthropometry and Workspace Design.
• 10. Biomechanics at Work.
• 11. Work Physiology.
• 12. Stress and Workload.
• 13. Safety, Accidents, and Human Error.
• 14. Human-Computer Interaction.
• 15. Automation.
• 16. Transportation Human Factors.
• 17. Selection and Training.
• 18. Social Factors.
• 19. Research Methods.