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    Cognitive ergonomics focuses on how well a product's use matches users' cognitive abilities. It considers mental processes like perception, attention, memory, decision-making, and learning. The objectives are to understand how tasks affect the mind and vice versa, and how understanding impacts work quality. Cognitive ergonomics aims to reduce errors, stress, fatigue and improve performance by designing products and interfaces that are compatible with human cognition.

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    Cognitive ergonomics focuses on how well a product's use matches users' cognitive abilities. It considers mental processes like perception, attention, memory, decision-making, and learning. The objectives are to understand how tasks affect the mind and vice versa, and how understanding impacts work quality. Cognitive ergonomics aims to reduce errors, stress, fatigue and improve performance by designing products and interfaces that are compatible with human cognition.

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    COGNITIVE

    ERGONOMICS Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Cognition and Learning
    • Process of acquiring knowledge through out=r thoughts, experiences and
    senses _____ cognition

    • Acquiring knowledge through experience, study and being taught


    ____learning

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    What is cognitive ergonomics?
    ▪ Cognitive ergonomics is the field of study that focuses on how well
    the use of a product matches the cognitive capabilities of users. It
    draws on knowledge of human perception, mental processing, and
    memory. Rather than being a design discipline, it is a source of
    knowledge for designers to use as guidelines for ensuring good
    usability.

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Emphasis
    Cognitive ergonomics mainly focuses on work activities which:
    • have an emphasized cognitive component (e.g., calculation, decision-
    making)
    • are in safety-critical environments
    • are in a complex, changeable environment(i.e., where tasks cannot be
    predetermined)

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Objectives
    The objectives of cognitive ergonomics are to describe:

    ▪ How task affects the mind.


    ▪ How the mind affects task.
    ▪ Dependence of quality of work on person’s understanding about the
    situation (goals, means, and constraints).

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Mental Processes

    • In ergonomics, cognition refers to the


    mental processes that are involved in Perception
    processing and handling information, i.e.
    encoding, maintaining, rehearsing,
    recalling, and transforming information Attention
    in the human mind and brain.
    Memory

    Decision
    Making

    Learning

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Perception
    Sensation and perception: Refers to perception of stimuli gathered through
    the senses such as
    • sight,
    • hearing,
    • taste,
    • smell, and/or
    • touch.

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Attention
    The stage where the processing is focused on certain aspects of perceived
    information or processing may be divided between two or several aspects.

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Working Memory
    ▪Includes a short-term memory storage in which information is available for
    up to 30 seconds.
    ▪It also refers to the processes with which information is actively rehearsed
    and manipulated in the mind.

    Long term
    memory

    Short term
    memory

    Sensory register

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Relationship between attention and memory

    Attention

    Recall
    Recognition
    Rehearsing

    Encoding Storage
    (memory)
    (Mnemonics)
    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz
    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz
    Learning
    Refers to permanent or long-lasting changes in knowledge and/or skills, that
    is relevant to all occupations.

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Decision-making
    ❑Decision-making is the process of identifying and choosing alternatives
    based on the values and preferences of the decision-maker.
    ❑Regarded as the cognitive process resulting in the selection of a belief or a
    course of action among several alternative possibilities.

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Risk Factors
    Incompatibility with our cognitive functioning can leads to:

    ❑ Error
    ❑ Stress
    ❑ Fatigue
    ❑ Difficulty in learning
    ❑ Poor Performance

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Applications
    ❑ User-centered design of human-machine interaction and human-
    computer interaction (HCI)
    ❑ Design of information technology systems that support cognitive tasks.
    ❑ Development of training programs
    ❑ Work redesign to manage cognitive workload and increase human
    reliability.
    ❑ Designing software interface to be “easy to use”.
    ❑ Designing a icons and visual cues so that most people will understand and
    act in the intended manner.

    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz


    Prepared & Given by Uroosa Naz

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