Feb 11, 2014
Human Factors PhD student Melissa Smith joins Tim for an
experiment in bringing human factors-related research to you in
three short summaries. Melissa is at George Mason University and
donated her time to discuss recent human factors research with
Tim.
Learn more about Melissa on her website at
http://mabsmith.com
The articles Melissa discusses are:
--Beller, J., Heesen, M., & Vollrath, M. (2013). Improving the
Driver–Automation Interaction An Approach Using Automation
Uncertainty. Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors
and Ergonomics Society. doi: 10.1177/0018720813482327.
[http://hfs.sagepub.com/content/55/6/1130.full]
-- Finomore, V. S., Shaw, T. H., Warm, J. S., Matthews, G., &
Boles, D. B. (2013). Viewing the Workload of Vigilance Through the
Lenses of the NASA-TLX and the MRQ. Human Factors: The Journal
of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society. doi:
10.1177/0018720813484498. [http://hfs.sagepub.com/content/55/6/1044.full]
--Goldsmith, K., & Dhar, R. (2013). Negativity bias and task
motivation: Testing the effectiveness of positively versus
negatively framed incentives. Journal of experimental
psychology: applied, 19(4), 358. doi: 10.1037/a0034415.
[http://psycnet.apa.org/journals/xap/19/4/358/]