Beyond psychophysics: The need for a cognitive engineering approach to setting limits in manual lifting tasks

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 40-60

  Karwowski, Waldemar ^a   Lee, Wook Gee ^a   Jamaldin, Bill ^a   Gaddie, Paul ^a   Jakg, Ren Liu ^a   Alqesaimi, K K ^a  

^a University of Louisville   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive modelling; Load heaviness; Manual lifting; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; COGNITION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MANUAL LABOR; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOPHYSICS; RESEARCH; SELF CONCEPT; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; CONCEPT FORMATION; HUMANS; LIFTING; MALE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SAFETY; WEIGHT PERCEPTION; WEIGHT-BEARING;

EID: 0033010437     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185793     Document Type: Article

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