Dr. Hancock has been named the recipient of the Aerospace Human Factors Association’s William Collins Award for 2020. Visit full article here.
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Dr. Anjum Naweed of the School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University, Australia reviews Transports of delight: how technology materialises human imagination. The official publication may be found https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2019.1703551
Dr. Hancock is chosen as award winner and welcomed to prestigious roster of Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award recipients. His feature can be seen on the Lifetime Achievers website by clicking this link.
Dr. Anjum Naweed of the School of Health, Medical & Applied Sciences at Central Queensland University, Australia reviews Hoax Springs Eternal. An accepted manuscript is available HERE and the official publication may be found https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2018.1550917
Are autonomous cars really safer than human drivers?
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Peter Hancock, University of Central Florida
Much of the push toward self-driving cars has been underwritten by the hope that they will save lives by getting involved in fewer crashes with fewer injuries and deaths than human-driven cars.
Peter Hancock, a UCF Psychology Pegasus Professor and University Trustee Chair, has been named an Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellow.
His appointment, beginning January 2017, is in recognition of his contributions to adaptive human-systems engineering.
Adaptive human-systems use direct information from on-line brain physiological monitoring.
The Dean of UCF’s College of Business Administration comments on Dr. Hancock’s graduate mentoring of Robert Stephens, the creator of Best Buy’s Geek Squad.
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Peter A. Hancock, D.Sc., Ph.D.
Author of Hoax Springs Eternal: The Psychology of Cognitive Deception, a book that defines and explains cognitive deception and explores its prominent potential historical instances