Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research

Download or read book Emerging Needs and Opportunities for Human Factors Research written by Committee on Human Factors and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1995-09-29 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book identifies areas that represent new needs and opportunities for human factors research in the coming decades. It is forward-looking, problem oriented, and selectively focused on national or global problems, including productivity in organizations, education and training, employment and disabilities, health care, and environmental change; technology issues, including communications technology and telenetworking, information access and usability, emerging technologies, automation, and flexible manufacturing, and advanced transportation systems; and human performance, including cognitive performance under stress and aiding intellectual work.