The explanatory power of Schema Theory: theoretical foundations and future applications in Ergonomics

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-15

  Plant, Katherine L ^a   Stanton, Neville A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

error; naturalistic decision making; Schema Theory; situation awareness

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED COGNITION; ERGONOMICS RESEARCH; EXPLANATORY POWER; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; SCHEMA THEORY; SITUATION AWARENESS; THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS;

DECISION MAKING; ERRORS;

ERGONOMICS;

AWARENESS; BIOENGINEERING; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; NOMENCLATURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; REVIEW; PSYCHOLOGY;

AWARENESS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84873182190     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.736542     Document Type: Review

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