Engineering Psychophysiology: Issues and Applications

ISBN-13: 9780805824520 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 400 str.

Richard W. Backs; Wolf Boucsein

Opis

An introduction to the components that are critical for the successful application of psychophysiological methods to problems in engineering. The book should appeal to ergonomists, human factors psychologists, industrial and safety engineers.

Recenzje

"The book's 17 well-written chapters present a variety of psychophysiological applications meant to stimulate ideas on how to apply this rapidly progressing methodology to new ergonomics problem areas....The timing for this volume is excellent because the capability of psychophysiological instruments continues to increase while costs of microcomputerization in instrumentation, data acquisition, and analysis equipment continue to fall. This book will be of tremendous value in graduate ergonomics and human experimental psychology classrooms. Multidisciplinary research teams attempting to measure and predict human performance in almost any complex and stressful working environment should read this book to gain substantive ideas on what to study and alternative perspectives on how to measure it."
—Ergonomics in Design

"...this book is unique in covering a broad range of aspects, such as theory, hard- and software requirements, and examples from complex laboratory tasks and experiments in real-life settings....The book provides a good overview of the state of the art in psychophysiology that is valuable for both experts and nonexperts."
—Contemporary Psychology

"...The book turned out to be very readable, covering an interesting and developing field....if you can read and absorb the information while sitting on a bike in the gym, then you know that the book is well written. The book is also timely in that many of the traditional barriers to the use of psychophysiological measures, particularly in field work, are being removed by advances in technology....Given the way this book has been pitched, it would make a useful addition to the bookshelf of anyone involved in the study of behavioural factors."
—Ergonomics

Spis treści

Contents: Preface. Part I: Issues. W. Boucsein, R.W. Backs, Engineering Psychophysiology as a Discipline: Historical and Theoretical Aspects. A.W.K. Gaillard, A.F. Kramer, Theoretical and Methodological Issues in Psychophysiological Research. J.F. Thayer, B.H. Friedman, The Design and Analysis of Experiments in Engineering Psychophysiological. H. Luczak, M. Göbel, Signal Processing and Analysis in Application. J. Fahrenberg, C.J.E. Wientjes, Recording Methods in Applied Environments. Part II: Applications. G. Mulder, L.J.M. Mulder, T.F. Meijman, J.B.P. Veldman, A.M. van Roon, A Psychophysiological Approach to Working Conditions. J.K. Lenneman, R.W. Backs, The Validity of Factor Analytically Derived Cardiac Autonomic Components for Mental Workload Assessment. A. Gundel, J. Drescher, J. Turowski, Alertness in Airline Pilots During Night Flights: Assessment of Alertness Using EEG Measures. M.H. Bonnet, D.L. Arand, The Effect of Naps and Caffeine on Alertness During Sleep Loss and Nocturnal Work Periods. J.A. Caldwell, Jr., J.L. Caldwell, Studying Pharmacological Performance Enhancement With Behavioral, Subjective, and Electroencephalographic Measures. M.W. Scerbo, F.G. Freeman, P.J. Mikulka, A Biocybernetic System for Adaptive Automation. G. Freude, P. Ullsperger, Slow Brain Potentials as a Measure of Effort? Applications in Mental Workload Studies in Laboratory Settings. E.J. Sirevaag, J.A. Stern, Ocular Measures of Fatigue and Cognitive Factors. W. Boucsein, The Use of Psychophysiology for Evaluating Stress-Strain Processes in Human-Computer Interaction. H. Luczak, J. Springer, Psychophysiological Analysis of Design Work: Ergonomic Improvements Derived From Stress-Strain Research. U. Lundberg, G. Johansson, Stress and Health Risks in Repetitive Work and Supervisory Monitoring Work. A. Yagi, Engineering Psychophysiology in Japan.

O autorze

Wolf Boucsein