#140 Tom Ferris on Cognitive Ergonomics

<p dir="ltr">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</p> <p dir="ltr">During this episode, Dr. Tom Ferris discusses his fascinating research related to cognitive ergonomics.</p> <p dir="ltr">Research Questions: Tom thinks the following questions need additional study:</p> <ol> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Human sensing and cognitive insights obtrusive physiology; making inferences during human studies; finding ways of measuring workload, stress and emotional workload in humans.</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Design for what we know about humans; sensing and detecting emotional states and having machines respond accordingly; control science and getting machines to work better based upon human cognitive sensing.</p> </li> </ol> <p dir="ltr">Resources:</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation">Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned</p> </li> <li style="list-style: none; display: inline;"> <ul> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="2"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-71"> #71 Hasard Lee on the F-35 and Cognitive Load</a></p> </li> </ul> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://engineering.tamu.edu/industrial/profiles/tferris.html">Tom Ferris</a></p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Revised-Expanded/dp/0465050654"> The Design Of Everyday Things</a> by Don Norman</p> </li> <li dir="ltr" aria-level="1"> <p dir="ltr" role="presentation"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/ipa-announces-monthly-brown-bag-meetings-for-ipa-members/"> IPA Monthl