Quantifying Human Information Processing

by McBride, Dennis K.; Schmorrow, Dylan; Bliss, James P.; Boot, Walter R.; Caggiano, Daniel; Compton, D.E; Drexler, J M.; Folds, Dennis J.; Freeman, Frederick G.; Hancock, P A.; Jones, M B.; Kennedy, Robert S.; Kramer, Arthur F.; McCarley, Jason S.; Mikulka,

• ISBN13: 9780739112014
• ISBN10: 0739112015
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-06-30
• Publisher: Jason Aronson, Inc.

Summary

Rapid advances in IT that allow complex information to be presented in high volume and density are challenging human ability to absorb and analyze data as never before. Designing technologies and systems to provide optimal sensory information to human users will be increasingly important. Led by experts in psychology, cognitive science, and information processing, among other fields, researchers sought to quantify the information flow in the nervous system, the limits of that flow, and how it is affected by emotions. The researchers found important indicators of both the capacity and limits of the human brain, and offer new ways to think about the brain.

Table of Contents

List of Figures	vii
List of Tables	ix
Preface	xi
The Quantification of Human Information Processing	1	(42)
Dennis K. McBride
Role of Memory in Visual Search: A Brief Review of Developing Literature	43	(20)
Arthur F. Kramer
Matthew S. Peterson
Jason S. McCarley
Walter R. Boot
Quantifying Human Information Processing (QHIP): Can Practice Effects Alleviate Bottlenecks?	63	(60)
Robert S. Kennedy
J. M. Drexler
M. B. Jones
D. E. Compton
J. M. Ordy
Neural and Genetic Assays of Human Mental Workload	123	(34)
Raja Parasuraman
Daniel Caggiano
Time, Emotion, and the Limits to Human Information Processing	157	(20)
P. A. Hancock
J. L. Szalma
T. Oron-Gilad
Individual Differences in Information Processing	177	(18)
J. L. Szalma
P. A. Hancock
Measuring Task-Related and Task-Unrelated Thoughts	195	(38)
Mark W. Scerbo
James P. Bliss
Frederick G. Freeman
Peter J. Mikulka
Sarah Schultz Robinson
Quantification of Rapid Decision Making	233	(12)
Dennis J. Folds
Index	245	(18)
Contributors	263