Neuroergonomics [electronic resource] : A Cognitive Neuroscience Approach to Human Factors and Ergonomics /
Johnson, A.editor.
Proctor, R.editor.
This book covers the foundations and successes of Neuroergonomics, combining neuroscience and ergonomics to enhance efficiency and safety. An overview of the essential areas within the field is given including chapters on brain networks, perception, attention, and performance.
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; List of Abbreviations; Prologue; 1 The Working Brain; Brain structures and networks; A default mode of brain function; Assessing and influencing brain function; TMS and tDCS; fNIRS; EEG; Information processing in the brain; Perception; Working memory; Attention and arousal; Decision-making; Action and motor control; Emotion and social interaction; Prediction of prospective activity; Direct augmentation of human performance; Conclusion; 2 Cognitive Neuroergonomics of Perception; Visual processing
Top-down and bottom-up processing in perceptionLearning to see; Auditory perception and sonification; Touch and the display of haptic information; Multimodal perception; Perception of space and self; Perceptual docking for robotic control; Conclusion; 3 Visual Attention and Display Design; Modes of orienting; Why is mental processing selective?; Perceptual selection; Central selection; Applications to display design; Visual search; Grouping and object displays; Head-up and head-mounted displays; Large-scale attention; Conclusion; 4 Attentional Resources and Control
Quantifying and describing attentionEye movements and pupil diameter; EEG; Brain networks and fMRI; fNIRS; Augmented interaction; Brain-computer interfaces; Adaptive interfaces; Augmenting attention and cognition; Enhancing attention through training; Using drugs to enhance attention; Conclusion; 5 Performance Monitoring and Error-related Brain Activity; Performance monitoring; Neural correlates of performance monitoring; Error-and feedback-related processing; Error prediction; Applications based on error-and feedback-related neural signals; Maintaining attentional control
Learning from errorsOnline classification of feedback processing; Conclusion; 6 Neuroergonomics of Sleep and Alertness; The neurobiology of sleep and alertness; Sleepiness, performance and sleepiness countermeasures; OSA and driving; Effects of disordered sleep on arousal and cognition; Self-awareness of sleep impairments; Impaired sleep in OSA and PAP treatment; Assessing naturalistic driving behaviour in the real world; Case study; Conclusion; 7 Affective and Social Neuroergonomics; The neural basis of emotion; How emotion guides vision and cognition; Reading emotional states
The social brainSocial human-computer communication and interaction; Social robotics; Conclusion; 8 Neuroergonomics of Individual Differences in Cognition: Molecular Genetic Studies; Genomics; Why look at individual differences?; A theoretical framework for the molecular genetics of cognition; Visual attention; Working memory; Decision-making; Conclusion; 9 Validating Models of Complex, Real-life Tasks Using fMRI; Standard fMRI analysis; Cognitive architectures; Cognitive architectures and fMRI; Task and model; The task; The model; ROI analysis; Model-based fMRI analysis
Applications to task design
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
This book covers the foundations and successes of Neuroergonomics, combining neuroscience and ergonomics to enhance efficiency and safety. An overview of the essential areas within the field is given including chapters on brain networks, perception, attention, and performance.
Neuropsychology.
Cognitive psychology.
Emotions.
Engineering design.
Industrial psychology.
Neuropsychology.
Cognitive Psychology.
Emotion.
Engineering Design.
Industrial and Organizational Psychology.