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Hancock, P.A. (2000). Is truth soluble in politics. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Bulletin, (Presidential Column). 43(4), 1-4.
(Reprinted in the Ergonomist, 364). (Presidential Column).
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One of the leading thinkers of the nineteenth century opined that the true job of the philosopher was not to study the world but to change it.
Citation:
Hancock, P.A. (2000). Can technology cure stupidity? Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Bulletin, 43(1), 1-4.
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My title and theme for the present column comes from a provocative question i was asked recently – can technology cure stupidity?
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Hancock, P.A. (1999). On Monday, I am an optimist. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Bulletin, 42(11), 1-2. (Presidential Column).
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On Monday, I am an optimist. I come to work fired by the hope an expectation of doing something substantive and useful.
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Hancock, P.A., & Ranney, T. (1999). Reply to comments on ‘The effects of in-vehicle distraction on driver response during a crucial driving maneuver. Transportation Human Factors, 1, 313-316.
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In the commentary of our work (Hancock, Simmons, Hashemi, Howarth, & Ranney, 1999), Tijerina (1999) exhibits a characteristic acumen though his identification of the two most controversial aspects of our argument, and it is to the these observations we wish briefly to respond.
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Hancock, P.A., & Scallen, S.F. (1999). The driving question. Transportation Human Factors, 1(1), 47-55.
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Goodman, Tijerina, Bents, and Wierwille (1999) present an excellent analysis regarding the safety of cellular telephones while driving and raise many important issues for current operation and future acceptance.
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Smith, K., Scallen, S.F., Knecht, W., & Hancock, P.A. (1998). An index of dynamic density. Human Factors, 40(1), 69-78.
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The risk of a collision between aircraft is rising as the density of commercial air traffic increases. This trend, together with the overwhelming need to upgrade the National Airspace System, has motivated the Federal Aviation Administration to sponsor the development of metrics to evaluate “dynamic density”–a proxy for the likelihood of collision risk.
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Parasuraman, R., Hancock, P.A., & Olofinboba, O. (1997). Alarm effectiveness in driver-centered collision-warning systems. Ergonomics, 40(3), 390-399.
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The potential use of systems that seek to communicate a warning of impending collision directly to the driver is examined.
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Arthur, E.A., Hancock, P.A., & Chrysler, S.T. (1996). Perception of spatial orientation in real and virtual environments. Ergonomics, 40(1), 69-77.
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As human-machine interfaces grow more immersive and graphically-oriented, virtual environment systems become more prominent as the medium for human-machine communication.
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Scallen, S.F., Hancock, P.A., & Duley, J.A. (1996). Pilot performance and preference for short cycles of automation in adaptive function allocation. Applied Ergonomics, 26(6), 397-403.
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The present experiment examined pilot response to the rapid cycling of automation. The experiment was conducted using a mutli-task simulation environment consisting of tracking, fuel management, and system monitoring sub-tasks.
Citation:
Andre, A.D., & Hancock, P.A. (1995). Pilot workload: Contemporary issues. International Journal of Aviation Psychology, 5, 1-4.
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As a reader of this journal, you probably have direct interest in aviation and the most recent psychological theories and breakthroughs that affect all aspects of flight.