Adaptive Perspectives on Human-Technology Interaction Methods and Models for Cognitive Engineering and Human-Computer Interaction

by Kirlik, Alex

• ISBN13: 9780195171822
• ISBN10: 0195171829
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-05-04
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

In everyday life, and particularly in the modern workplace, information technology and automation increasingly mediate, augment, and sometimes even interfere with how humans interact with their environment. How to understand and support cognition in human-technology interaction is both a practically and socially relevant problem. The chapters in this volume frame this problem in adaptive terms: How are behavior and cognition adapted, or perhaps ill-adapted, to the demands and opportunities of an environment where interaction is mediated by tools and technology? The authors draw heavily on the work of Egon Brunswik, a pioneer in ecological and cognitive psychology, as well as on modern refinements and extensions of Brunswikian ideas, including Hammond's Social Judgment Theory, Gigerenzer's Ecological Rationality and Anderson's Rational Analysis. Inspired by Brunswik's view of cognition as "coming to terms" with the "casual texture" of the external world, the chapters in this volume provide quantitative and computational models and measures for studying how people come to terms with an increasingly technological ecology, and provide insights for supporting cognition and performance through design, training, and other interventions. The methods, models, and measures presented in this book provide timely and important resources for addressing problems in the rapidly growing field of human-technology interaction. The book will be of interest to researchers, students, and practitioners in human factors, cognitive engineering, human-computer interaction, judgment and decision making, and cognitive science.

Author Biography

Alex Kirlik teaches Human Factors, Industrial Engineering, and Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he is also a member of the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.

Table of Contents

Foreword

Background and Motivation

Cognitive Engineering: Toward a Workable Concept of Mind, Kirlik

Introduction to Brunswikian Theory and Method, Goldstein

Technological Interfaces

Introduction. Kirlik

Knowledge Versus Execution in Dynamic Judgment Tasks, Bisantz, Kirlik, Gay, Walker & Fisk

The Effects of Computer Displays and Time Pressure on the Performance of Distributed Teams, Adelman, Yeo & Miller

Supporting Situation Assessment Through Attention Guidance and Diagnostic Aiding: The Benefits and Costs of Display Enhancement on Judgment Skill, Horrey, Wickens, Kirlik & Stewart

Applying the Multivariate Lens Model to Fault Diagnosis, Jha & Bisantz

Altering Automation and Decision Aids

Introduction. Kirlik

Measuring the Fit Between Human Judgment and Alerting Systems: A Study of Collision Detection in Aviation, Pritchett & Bisantz

Trust, Decision Aiding, and Feedback: An Integrated Approach, Seong, Bisantz & Gattie

Human-automated Judgment Learning: Enhancing Interaction with Automated Judgment Systems, Bass & Pritchett

Inferring Fast and Frugal Heuristics from Human Judgment Data, Rothrock & Kirlik

Viewing Training Through a Fuzzy Lens, Campbell, Buff & Bolton

Achieving Coherence: Meeting New Cognitive Demands in Technological Systems, Mosier & McCauley

Into the Field: Vicarious Functioning in Action

Introduction. Kirlik

What Makes Vicarious Functioning Work? Exploring the Geometry of Human-Technology Interaction, Degani, Shafto & Kirlik

Understanding the Determinants of Adaptive Behavior in a Modern Airline Cockpit, Casner

Abstracting Situated Action: Implications for Cognitive Modeling and Interface Design, Kirlik

Ecological Analysis Meets Cognitive Modeling

Introduction. Kirlik

The Emerging Reapproachment Between Cognitive and Ecological Analyses, Gray

The Use of Proximal Information Scent to Forage for Distal Content on the World Wide Web, Pirolli

Kilograms Matter: Rational Analysis, Ecological Rationality, and Closed-loop Modeling of Interactive Cognition and Behavior, Byrne, Kirlik & Fick

Reflections and Future Directions

Reflections from a Judgment & Decision Making Perspective, Connolly

Reflections from a Cognitive Engineering & Human Factors Perspective, Vicente

Author Index

Subject Index

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