Research article summary (published 13 Jan 2003):

Ecological models of human performance based on affordance, emotion and intuition.

Full Abstract

This paper proposes a complementary approach to Rasmussen's taxonomy of the human skill-, rule-, and knowledge-based performance models by combining the ecological concept of affordances with the neural concepts of human emotion and intuition. The classical cognitive engineering framework is extended through the neuro-ecological approach, including personal human attributes important in exercising control over the work environment. The proposed affordance-, emotion-, and intuition-based models correspond to the three types of human performance, namely:
learning, adaptive and tuning control, respectively. The new framework is not a predictive model of the operator behaviour, but rather it describes the processes of neuro-ecological control of the human environment.

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Author information

Author/s: Gielo-Perczak, Krystyna (K); Karwowski, Waldemar (W);

Affiliation: Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety & Health, 71 Frankland Road, Hopkinton, MA 01748, USA. Krystyna.Gielo-Perczak(-atsign-)LibertyMutual.com

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article; Review

Journal: Ergonomics (Ergonomics), published in England. (Language: eng)

Reference: 2003-Jan; vol 46 (issue 1-3) : pp 310-26

Dates: Created 2003/01/29; Completed 2003/04/23; Revised 2005/11/16;

PMID: 12554413, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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Cognition Computer Simulation Ecology Emotions - physiology Human Engineering Humans

Intuition - physiology Learning - physiology Man-Machine Systems Models, Psychological Recognition (Psychology) Task Performance and Analysis

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