Citation:
Hancock, P.A., Hendrick, H.W., Hornick, R., & Paradis, P. (2006). Human factors issues in the design and operation of firearms. Ergonomics in Design, 14(1), 5-11.
Abstract: guns are tools. Like any other tools, they can be either good or poor at achieving their purpose.
Defended November 10, 2005
at Convergys Corporation
Defended September 8,2005
at Microsoft
Citation:
Szalma, J.L., Hancock, P.A., Dember, W.N., & Warm, J.S. (2005). Training for vigilance: The effect of KR format and dispositional optimism and pessimism on performance and stress. British Journal of Psychology, 97(1), 115-135.
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This study investigated the impact of knowledge of results (KR) format on the performance and stress associated with a vigilance task.
Citation:
Hancock, P.A. (2005). Time and the privileged observer. Kronoscope, 5(2), 176-191.
Abstract:
This paper addresses the persistent problem concerning the integration of physical (external) with psychological (internal) expressions of time. While the history of cosmological science demonstrates the fallacy of the conception of the physically privileged observational point in the Universe, I argue that it is just such a privileged position which characterizes the unitary nature of individual human consciousness.
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Mouloua, M., & Hancock, P.A. (2005). The importance of technological solutions to the asymmetric pattern of global aging. Special Issue Preface. Human Factors, 47(2), 217-218.
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The foregoing serves to reinforce what is only now coming to be recognized sufficiently at a societal level.
Citation:
Hancock, P.A. (2005). The tale of a two-faced tiger. Ergonomics in Design, 13(3), 23-29.
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By recognizing the commonalities across apparently dissimilar accident types , designers can help reduce their frequency and impact.
For individuals in their first eight decades of life, the main threat of accidental death comes from road traffic crashes.
Citation:
Helton, W.S., Hollander, T.D., Warm, J.S., Matthews, G., Dember, W.N., Wallaart, M., Beauchamp, G., Parasuraman, R., & Hancock, P.A. (2005). Signal regularity and the mindlessness model of vigilance. British Journal of Psychology, 96(2), 249-261.
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Robertson, Manly, Andrade, Baddeley, and Yiend (1997) have proposed that detection failures in vigilance tasks result from a ‘mindless’ withdrawal of attentional effort from the monitoring assignment.
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Harris, W.C., Hancock, P.A., & Harris, S.C.(2005) Information processing changes following extended stress. Military Psychology, 17(2), 115-128.
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The psychological states and cognitive performance capacities of military participants were assessed prior to and following 1 week of field training at a Navy Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) School.
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Hancock, P.A., Pepe, A., & Murphy, L.L. (2005). Hedonomics: The power of positive and pleasurable ergonomics. Ergonomics in Design, 13(1), 8-14.
Abstract:
In this article, we introduce a new term into the human factors/ergonomics lexicon: hedonomics. We define hedonomics as that branch of science and design devoted to the promotion of pleasurable human-technology interaction.