Combining principles of Cognitive Load Theory and diagnostic error analysis for designing job aids: Effects on motivation and diagnostic performance in a process control task

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 285-296

  Kluge, Annette ^a   Grauel, Britta ^a   Burkolter, Dina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cognitive load; Diagnostic error; Diagnostic speed; Germane load; Knowledge acquisition; Split attention

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ERRORS; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; MOTIVATION;

COGNITIVE LOADS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC SPEED; GERMANE LOADS; SPLIT ATTENTIONS;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 84868109753     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2012.08.001     Document Type: Article

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