Mental workload (MWL) is one of the most widely used concepts in ergonomics and human
factors and represents a topic of increasing importance. Since modern technology in many …

Multi-tasking is an important skill for clinical work which has received limited research
attention. Its impacts on clinical work are poorly understood. In contrast, there is substantial …

Forming connections between human performance and design, this new edition of
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance examines human–machine interaction …

Applied Attention Theory, Second Edition provides details concerning the relevance of all
aspects of attention to the world beyond the laboratory. Topic application areas include the …

We investigated the effect of short interruptions on performance of a task that required
participants to maintain their place in a sequence of steps each with their own performance …

The ability to remember to execute delayed intentions is referred to as prospective memory.
Previous theoretical and empirical work has focused on isolating whether a particular …

How do we decide whether to use external artifacts and reminders to remember delayed
intentions, versus relying on unaided memory? Experiment 1 (N= 400) showed that …

In everyday life, we often use external artefacts such as diaries to help us remember
intended behaviours. In addition, we commonly manipulate our environment, for example by …

Forgetting to perform intended actions can have major consequences, including loss of life
in some situations. Laboratory research on prospective memory—remembering (and …

We describe a computational multi-attribute decision model that predicts the decision aspect
of sequential multitasking. We investigate how people choose to switch tasks or continue …