Peer Reviewed Journal Publications

Claypoole, V.L., Neigel, A.R., Waldfogle, G.E., & Szalma, J.L.(2019). Evaluative social presence can improve vigilance performance, but vigilance is still hard work and is stressful. JEP: Human Perception and Performance. 41(5), 616. Download

Neigel, A.R., Claypoole, V.L., Waldfogle, G.E., Fraulini, N.W., & Szalma, J.L.(2019). Where is my mind? Examining mind-wandering and vigilance performance. Experimental Brain Research 232(2), 557-571.Download

Wohleber, R.W., Matthews, G., Lin, J., Szalma, J.L., Calhoun, G.L., Funke, G.J., Chiu, C.Y.P., & Ruff, H.A. (2019). Vigilance and automation dependence in operation of multiple unmanned aerial systems (UAS): A simulation study. Human Factors.Download

Claypoole, V.L., Dever, D.A.,Denues, K.L., & Szalma, J.L. (2019). The effects of event rate on a cognitive vigilance task. Human Factors, 61(3), 440-450.Download

Claypoole, V.L., & Szalma, J.L.(2019). Electronic performance monitoring and sustained attention: Social facilitation for modern applications.  Computers in Human Behavior, 94,25-34.Download

Thropp, J.E., Oron-Gilad, T., Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2018). Calibrating adaptable automation to individuals. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, 48(6) 691-701. Download

Claypoole, V.L., & Szalma, J.L.(2018). Facilitating sustained attention: Is mere presence sufficient? American Journal of Psychology, 131(4), 417-428.Download

Claypoole, V.L., & Szalma, J.L.(2018). Independent Co-Actors May Improve Performance  and Lower Workload: Viewing Vigilance under Social Facilitation. Human Factors, 60(6), 822-832.Download

Claypoole, V.L., Neigel, A.R., Fraulini, N.W.,Hancock, G.M., & Szalma, J.L. (2018). Can vigilance tasks be administered online? A replication and discussion. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 44(9), 1348-1355. Download

Neigel, A.R., Claypoole, V.L., Hancock, G.M.,Fraulini, N.W., & Szalma, J.L.(2018). Ceci n’est pas un walrus: Lexical processing in vigilance performance. Experimental Brain  Research, 236, 867-879. Download

Szalma, J.L., Daly, T.N.,Teo, G.W.L., Hancock, G.M., & Hancock, P.A. (2018). Training for vigilance on the move: A video game-based paradigm for sustained attention. Ergonomics, 61(4), 482-505.Download

Teo, G., Reinerman-Jones, L., Matthews, G., Szalma, J., Jentsch, F., & Hancock, P.A. (2018). Enhancing the effectiveness of human-robot teaming with a closed-loop system. Applied  Ergonomics,67, 91-103. Download

Claypoole, V. L., & Szalma, J. L. (2017). Examining social facilitation in vigilance: a hit and a miss. Ergonomics, 1-15. Download

Reinerman, L., Barber, D.J., Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2017). Human interaction with robotic systems: Performance and workload evaluations.  Ergonomics,60(10), 1351-1368.

Fraulini, N. W., Hancock, G. M., Neigel, A. R., Claypoole, V. L., & Szalma, J. L. (2017). A critical  examination of the research and theoretical underpinnings discussed in Thomson, Besner, and        Smilek (2016). Psychological Review, 124(4), 525-531. Download

Szalma, J.L. (2014). On the application of motivation theory to human factors/ ergonomics: Motivational design principles for human-technology interaction. Human Factors, 56, 1453-1471.Download

Szalma, J.L., Schmidt, T.N., Teo, G.W.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2014). Vigilance on the move: Video game-based measurement of sustained attention.  Ergonomics, 57, 1315-1336. [Note. Editor Nominated Paper (1 of 10) for the 2015 Liberty Mutual Research Institute for Safety and the UK Chartered Institute for Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF), Annual Liberty Mutual Award.]Download

Taylor, G.S.,Reinerman-Jones, L.E., Szalma, J.L., Mouloua, M., & Hancock, P.A. (2013).  What to automate: Addressing the multidimensionality of cognitive resources through system design. Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making, 7, 311-329.Download

Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2013). A signal improvement to signal detection analysis: Fuzzy SDT on the ROCs. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 39, 1741-1762.Download

Sellers, B., Fiore, S.M., & Szalma, J.L. (2013).  Developing a scale of environmental efficacy. The International Journal of Environmental, Cultural, Economic, and Social Sustainability, 8, 169-195.

Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2012). What’s all the noise? Differentiating dimensions of acoustic stress and the limits to meta-analysis—Reply to Smith (2012). Psychological Bulletin, 138, 1269-1273. Download

Szalma, J.L., & Teo, G.W.L. (2012). Spatial and temporal task characteristics as stress: A test of the dynamic adaptability theory of stress, workload, and performance.  Acta Psychologica, 139, 471-485. Download

Szalma, J.L. (2011). Workload and stress in vigilance: The impact of display format and task type.  American Journal of Psychology, 124, 441-454.  Download

Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2011). Noise effects on human performance: A meta-analytic synthesis.  Psychological Bulletin, 137, 682-707. Download

Szalma, J.L., & Taylor, G.S. (2011).Individual differences in response to automation: The big five factors of personality.Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 17, 71-96. Download

Szalma, J.L. (2009). Individual differences in performance, workload, and stress in sustained attention: Optimism and pessimism.  Personality and Individual Differences, 47, 444-451.  Download

Szalma, J.L. (2009). Individual differences in human-technology interaction: Incorporating variation in human characteristics into human factors research and design.  Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 10, 381-397. Download

Oron-Gilad, T., Szalma, J.L., Stafford, S.C., & Hancock, P.A. (2008). The workload and performance relationship in the real world: A study of police officers in a field shooting exercise. International Journal of Occupational Safety and Ergonomics, 14, 119-131.  Download

Conway, G., Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2007). A quantitative meta-analytic examination of whole-body vibration effects on human performance.  Ergonomics, 50, 228-245. Download

Hancock, P.A., Mouloua, M., Gilson, R., Szalma, J. L., & Oron-Gilad, T. (2007). Provocation: Is the UAV control ratio the right question?  Ergonomics in Design, 15, 7, 30-31. Download

Hancock, P.A., Ross, J.M., & Szalma, J.L. (2007). A meta-analysis of performance response under thermal stressors.  Human Factors, 49, 851-877.  Download

Szalma, J.L., Hancock, P.A., Dember, W.N., & Warm, J.S. (2006).  Training for vigilance: The effect of KR format and dispositional optimism and pessimism on performance and stress. British Journal of Psychology, 97, 115-135.  Download

Szalma, J.L., Hancock, P.A., Warm, J.S., Dember, W.N., & Parsons, K.S. (2006).  Training for vigilance: Using predictive power to evaluate feedback effectiveness, Human Factors, 48, 682-692.  Download

Oron-Gilad, T., Szalma, J.L., Stafford, S.C., & Hancock, P.A. (2005).  Police officers seat belt use while on duty.  Transportation Research: Part F, 8, 1-18. Download

Szalma, J.L., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G., Dember, W.N., Weiler, E.M., Meier, A., & Eggemeier, F.T. (2004) Effects of sensory modality and task duration on performance, workload, and stress in sustained attention. Human Factors, 46, 219-233. Download

Hancock, P.A., & Szalma, J.L. (2004).  On the relevance of qualitative methods for ergonomics. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 5, 499-506. Download

Hancock, P.A., & Szalma, J.L. (2003). The future of neuroergonomics.  Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 4, 238-249. Download

Hancock, P.A., & Szalma, J.L. (2003). Operator stress and display design.  Ergonomics in Design, 11, 13-18. Download

Hancock, P.A., & Szalma, J.L. (2003). Vigilance and the price of freedom.  Gateway: Human Systems Information Analysis Center, 13, pp. 5, 20. Available on-line at http://iac.dtic.mil/hsiac Download

Grier, R.R., Warm, J.S., Dember, W.N., Matthews. G., Galinsky, T.L., Szalma, J.L., & Parasuraman, R. (2003). The vigilance decrement reflects limitations in effortful attention, not mindlessness.  Human Factors, 45, 349-359. Download

Nikolaides, N., Bogdan, S.E., & Szalma, J.L. (2002).  Preparation of 8-alkyl 7-(2-Imidazolinylamino) Quinolines via palladium mediated alkylations.  Synthetic Communications, 32, 2027-2033. Download

Books

Hoffman, R.R., Hancock, P.A., Scerbo, M.W., Parasuraman, R., & Szalma, J.L. (2015) (Eds.). The Cambridge handbook of applied perception research, volumes 1 and 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Hancock, P.A., & Szalma, J.L. (2008)(Eds.), Performance under stress. Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.

Book Chapters

Szalma, J.L. (in press). Basic needs, goals, and motivation. The Cambridge University 19 handbook of personality.

Szalma, J.L., & Claypoole, V.L. (2020). Vigilance and workload in automated systems: Patterns of association, dissociation, and insensitivities. In: M. Mouloua and P.A. Hancock (Eds.), Human performance in automated and autonomous systems: Current theory and methods, (pp. 85-102). Boca Raton, FL.: CRC Press.

Szalma, J.L. (2017). Stress and performance in EMS. In: J.R. Keebler, E.H. Lazzara, and P. Misasi (Eds.), The human factors & ergonomics of prehospital medicine (pp. 53-70). Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.

Bohil, C.J., Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2015).  Psychophysical methods and signal detection: Recent advances in theory. In: R.R. Hoffman, P.A. Hancock, M.W. Scerbo, J.L. Szalma, and R. Parasuraman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of applied perception.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Matthews, G., Szalma, J.L., Panganiban, A.R., Neubauer, C., & Warm, J.S. (in press). Profiling task stress with the Dundee Stress State Questionnaire. In: L. Cavalcanti and S. Azevedo (Eds.), Psychology of stress: New research. Hauppauge, NY: Nova Publishers.

Szalma, J.L., & Matthews, G. (in press).  Motivation and emotion in sustained attention. In: R.R. Hoffman, P.A. Hancock, M.W. Scerbo, J.L. Szalma, and R. Parasuraman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of applied perception.  Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Szalma, J.L. (2012). Individual differences in stress, fatigue, and performance. In: G. Matthews, P.A. Desmond, C. Neubauer, and P.A. Hancock (Eds.), The handbook of operator fatigue (pp. 75-90). Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate.

Szalma, J.L., Hancock, G.M., & Hancock, P.A. (2012). Task loading and stress in human-computer interaction: Theoretical frameworks and mitigation strategies.  In:  J.A. Jacko (Ed.), The human-computer interaction handbook: Fundamentals, evolving technologies, and emerging applications, 3^rd ed (pp. 55-75).  New York: CRC PressTaylor & Francis Group.

Hancock, P.A., & Szalma, J.L. (2008). Stress and performance. In: P.A. Hancock and J.L. Szalma (Eds.), Performance under stress (pp. 1-18). Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate. Download

Szalma, J.L. (2008).  Individual differences in stress reaction.  In: P.A. Hancock and J.L. Szalma (Eds.), Performance under stress (pp. 323-357). Aldershot, Hampshire, UK: Ashgate. Download

Szalma, J.L., & Hancock, P.A. (2008). Task loading and stress in human-computer interaction: Theoretical frameworks and mitigation strategies.  In:  J.A. Jacko and A. Sears (Eds.), The human-computer interaction handbook: Fundamentals, evolving technologies, and emerging applications, 2^nd ed. (pp. 115-132). New York: Erlbaum Taylor & Francis Group. Download

Hancock, P.A., Oron-Gilad, T., & Szalma, J.L. (2007).  Elaborations of the multiple-resource theory of attention.  In: A. Kramer, D. Wiegmann, and A. Kirlik (Eds.), Attention: From theory to practice  (pp. 45-56). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Download

Hancock, P.A., & Szalma, J.L. (2007). Stress and neuroergonomics.  In: R. Parasuraman and M. Rizzo (Eds.), Neuroergonomics: The brain at work.  (pp. 195-206). Oxford: Oxford University Press. Download

Thesis and Dissertation

Szalma, J. L., (1999). Sensory and temporal determinants of workload and stress in sustained attention. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation, University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Download

Szalma, J. L., (1997). Intraclass and interclass transfer in training for vigilance. Unpublished Master’s Thesis, University of Cincinnati. Cincinnati, OH. Download