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HFETAG - HFE/HSI
Episode 136
Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups?
One of…
4 hours ago
Affordances
Episode 135
Affordances, coined by psychologist James Gibson in 1966, are detailed as what an environment offers to an individual. Further detailed later by comp…
1 week, 4 days ago
Galvanic Skin Response
Episode 134
...And now for another Human Factors Minute. Galvanic skin response, or GSR, is the measurement of change in the skin's electrical conductivity. This…
2 weeks, 6 days ago
The Multiple Oscillator model
Episode 133
The Multiple Oscillator Model is a connectionist model that describes how we perceive time.
An oscillator can be described as a pacemaker with a repe…
1 month ago
HFETAG - Controls & Displays
Episode 132
Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups?
One of…
1 month, 1 week ago
Environmental Design Research Association
Episode 131
The Environmental Design Research Association was formed in 1968 by designers who believed they had the social responsibility to use their expertise …
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Behavioral Theory of Timing and Poisson Processes
Episode 130
The Behavioral Theory of Timing comes to us from Peter Killeen and Gregor Fetterman in 1988. The general idea is that the reinforcement of behaviors …
2 months ago
Virtual Fit Multivariate Anthropometric Tool
Episode 129
...and now for another Human Factors Minute!
The Virtual Fit Multivariate Anthropometric Tool was developed by HFES in collaboration with Penn State…
2 months, 1 week ago
HFETAG - Personnel
Episode 128
Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups?
One o…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
System Safety Society
Episode 127
Founded in 1964, the International System Safety Society is a non-profit organization that promotes, supports, and informs the legion of professional…
3 months ago