Putting the brain to work: Neuroergonomics past, present, and future

Human Factors

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 468-474

  Parasuraman, Raja ^a   Wilson, Glenn F ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Physiometrex   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE AUTOMATION; BRAIN COMPUTER INTERFACES (BCI); BRAIN MECHANISMS; COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS; COMPLEX TASKS; DISABLED USERS; HUMAN BRAINS; HUMAN FACTORS AND ERGONOMICS (HFE); HUMAN PERFORMANCE; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MENTAL WORKLOAD (MWL); MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEURO-ENGINEERING; NEURO-IMAGING; OPERATOR WORKLOAD; RESOURCE DEPLETION; WORKLOAD ASSESSMENT;

AUTOMATION; BRAIN; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN ENGINEERING; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

INTERFACES (COMPUTER);

ADAPTIVE AUTOMATION; ALERTNESS; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; COGNITION; ERGONOMICS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; INDIVIDUALITY; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CONDUCTION; NEUROENGINEERING; NEUROERGONOMICS; NEUROIMAGING; REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

COGNITION; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 47749090900     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872008X288349     Document Type: Review

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