Psychophysiological Tools in Engineering Psychology,
Abstract
Selective attention is a crucial component of task performance in virtually every man-machine system. Thus, theoretical and practical considerations relating to attention should be a primary focus in several domains within the human engineering of such systems. In the realm of design, a general psychological understanding of attentional capacities and mechanisms should guide the development complex systems. In systems evaluation, limitations in the ability to attend to multiple information sources should be a primary consideration in judging the merits of various prototypes. In the selection of operations personnel for complex systems, individual differences in the ability to selectively attend to relevant information channels can be an important factor in the prediction of future performance. Research on the relation of human event-related brain potentials to selective attention has made contributions to our theoretical understanding of attentional capacities and has yielded several methods for the practical application of ERPs to human engineering problems.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 01, 1984
- Accession Number
- ADP003337
Entities
People
- A. Mane
- Andrew Kramer
- D. Karis
- E. Donchin
- E. Heffley
Organizations
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign