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Driving is a complex, multitask activity. Despite this, it is not unusual to see drivers
engage simultaneously in other nondriving tasks. The potential consequences of
doing so were borne out in a landmark incident that occurred on the morning of…

The inspiration for the first edition of this book, published in 1997, originated with a workshop held in the summer of 1995 at the Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York. Participants included colleagues from DEGW and…

Many of our oldest and wisest sayings deal with the eyes. That’s probably
because vision is our primary connection with the world. We use our eyes
to interact with our environment in more than a million ways every second.
The eyes really are an…

For some, emotions are uniquely human attributes; for others,
emotions can be seen everywhere from animals to machines and even the
weather. Yet, ever since Darwin published The Expression of the Emotions in
Man and Animals, it has been agreed…

The topic of emotion regulation has now come into its own. Books, articles, and conferences related to emotion regulation seem to be everywhere. This growing interest is reflected in citation trends. As shown in Figure P.1, until the early 1990s,…

The quality of products and the management processes employed for their production, represents an important criterion that can set a company apart from competitors. This among other things is one reason the evaluation and certification of products,…

Believe it or not, task analysis has foundations going back to the turn of the last century. One of
the reasons for its longevity is that task analysis methods have adapted. Evolutionary changes
in its associated disciplines have been accompanied…