{"id":854,"date":"2021-09-10T10:46:16","date_gmt":"2021-09-10T14:46:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/?p=854"},"modified":"2021-10-01T14:25:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:25:56","slug":"854-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/854-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Study Human Factors? (Alex Arca)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_693\" style=\"width: 160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-693\" class=\"wp-image-693 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/Alex-Arca-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/Alex-Arca-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/Alex-Arca-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2021\/03\/Alex-Arca-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alex Arca ~ Surface Transportation Lab<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&#8221; Human Factors is critically important to everyone in how it affects all parts of our lives as it is the key to understanding and improving the interaction between humans and technology. The field of human factors is incredibly diverse in how the field can encompass learning how individuals interact with artificial intelligence to understand how different levels of automation in vehicles can impact drivers, and much more. However, a common tie between any human factors research is how the field strives to understand how to tailor technology to individuals so that their performance will be more efficient, while also taking into account the safety and well being in terms of cognitive and physical effort. This tie can be seen in the realm of driving where\u00a0 much human factors research in this domain focuses on how distracted driving can impact individuals as well as what ways its hold on individuals can be alleviated. The truth is that technology is invaluable keeping us interconnected and productive, but this technology has its shortcoming in how addictive and attention consuming it can be which is detailed by human factors literature where researchers not only pinpoint how smartphones can impact individuals when driving subjectively, cognitively, and physiologically but also in how to avoid these negative impacts from occurring continuously. Errors when a human is using technology are commonplace and will never go away, but human factors research taps into different ways to improve the technology in terms of usability and effectiveness while also improving the operator of the device in terms of training and expertise. There needs to be improvement from both ends as errors can come from both the user and technology, which is many times disregarded by engineers when creating new technology which is where human factors research comes into save the day. Engineers and human factors specialists work hand in hand to give us the devices and automation we love so much today. With the development and focus today of creating artificial intelligence (AI) to assist our daily lives human factors specialists are needed to understand how much say AI should have in specific tasks as without this research being done critical mistakes can occur endangering lives. This can be seen in the development of self-driving cars, remotely piloted aircrafts, self care robots, and so many more new pieces of technology.\u00a0 In today\u2019s day an age where new technology comes out everyday, human factors research is needed more than ever to make sure the technology or tool is safe, usable, and effective as most engineers and designers are creating the device to just work without taking these factors into account.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Key References:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cabrall, C. D. D., Eriksson, A., Dreger, F., Happee, R., &amp; De Winter, J.. (2019). How to keep drivers engaged while supervising driving automation? A literature survey and categorisation of six solution areas. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">20<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(3), 332\u2013365. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1463922x.2018.1528484<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gold, C., K\u00f6rber, M., Lechner, D., &amp; Bengler, K.. (2016). Taking Over Control From Highly Automated Vehicles in Complex Traffic Situations. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">58<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(4), 642\u2013652. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0018720816634226<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Kyriakidis, M., De Winter, J. C. F., Stanton, N., Bellet, T., Van Arem, B., Brookhuis, K., Martens, M. H., Bengler, K., Andersson, J., Merat, N., Reed, N., Flament, M., Hagenzieker, M., &amp; Happee, R.. (2019). A human factors perspective on automated driving. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">20<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(3), 223\u2013249. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/1463922x.2017.1293187<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mendoza, J. S., Pody, B. C., Lee, S., Kim, M., &amp; Mcdonough, I. M.. (2018). The effect of cellphones on attention and learning: The influences of time, distraction, and nomophobia. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Computers in Human Behavior<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">86<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, 52\u201360. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.chb.2018.04.027<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Stothart, C., Mitchum, A., &amp; Yehnert, C. (2015). The attentional cost of receiving a cell phone notification. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">41<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(4), 893\u2013897. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/xhp0000100<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thornton, B., Faires, A., Robbins, M., &amp; Rollins, E.. (2014). The Mere Presence of a Cell Phone May be Distracting. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Social Psychology<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">45<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(6), 479\u2013488. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1027\/1864-9335\/a000216<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &#8221; Human Factors is critically important to everyone in how it affects all parts of our lives as it is the key to understanding and improving the interaction between <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/trg\/854-2\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-854","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-why-study-human-factors"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why Study Human Factors? 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