Naturalistic Decision Making

#49: Exploring Cognitive Ergonomics with Peter Hancock

Feb 7, 2024

The podcast explores cognitive ergonomics with Peter Hancock, touching on topics such as enhancing human decision-making, navigating publishing challenges in NDM research, reflections on imposter syndrome and aging, and analyzing human behavior in collision scenarios. Hancock's impressive academic background and contributions to the field are highlighted throughout the episode.

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Understanding naturalistic decision-making under stress is crucial for enhancing safety and performance in extreme conditions.

Simulating collision scenarios helps study split-second decision-making and provides valuable insights for safety and training programs.

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Studying Human Decision-Making Under Stressful Situations

Research focuses on observing how people make decisions under stress, with a specific interest in naturalistic decision-making. The podcast delves into Peter Hancock's extensive experience in the field, demonstrating his impressive range of expertise and projects conducted over 38 years in various disciplines. Hancock's early engagement with ergonomics led to pivotal research on feedback models of temperature regulation under severe stress, illustrating the complexity of human physiological responses. His work highlights the importance of understanding human decision-making in extreme conditions to enhance safety and performance.

Introduction

2min

Exploring Ergonomics and Human Factors Research

6min

Enhancing Human Decision-Making Through Cognitive Ergonomics

25min

Navigating Publishing Challenges in NDM Research

3min

Reflections on Imposter Syndrome, Aging, and Career Attributes

4min

Analyzing Human Behavior in Collision Scenarios

11min

Show notes

Peter A. Hancock, D.Sc., Ph.D. is Provost Distinguished Research
Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Institute for Simulation and Training, as well as at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida (UCF). In 2009, he was named Pegasus Professor of the University of Central Florida. This is the highest award of the University that is now the second largest single university in the United States. Professor Hancock is only the 16th individual ever to be so-named in the history of the Institution.

Prior to his current position he founded and was the Director of the Human Factors Research Laboratory (HFRL) at the University of Minnesota where he held appointments as Professor in the Departments of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Psychology, and Kinesiology as well as at the Cognitive Science Center and the Center on Aging Research. He continues to hold an appointment as a Clinical Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychology at Minnesota. He is also an affiliated Scientist of the Humans and Automation Laboratory at MIT, a Research Associate of the
University of Michigan Transport Research Institute, and a Senior Research Associate at the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition in Pensacola, Florida.

He is the author of over seven hundred refereed scientific articles and publications as well as writing and editing over twenty books. His latest books are: Hoax Springs Eternal: The Psychology of Cognitive Deception and Transports of Delight.

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