Institute for the Study of Human Capabilities
Abstract
This report describes work in several areas, all of which focus on problems of skilled human performance. The Institute's investigators are primarily active in the fields of human cognition and decision making, and in sensory processes, including vision, audition, and touch; research in those areas represent the major content of this report. Specific projects continue to focus on human subjects' abilities to use information obtained from visual, auditory, and tactile displays. Both empirical and theoretical studies continue to be conducted. Studies of human cognition include a new theory of the limits of human auditory signal detection, the discovery of a common source of variance in auditory and visual speech perception (lip-reading), automatization of perceptual processes, and automatization as a mechanism for overcoming attentional limitations.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 31, 1993
- Accession Number
- ADA270748
Entities
People
- Charles Watson