Engineering Psychology and Human Performance

by Christopher D. Wickens

This text presents both a formal and intuitive understanding of how humans process information in the performance of tasks - highlighting the strengths and limitations for the design of equipment with which people interact.

Genres: Psychology, Design, Nonfiction, Science

576 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book focused on psychology, human factors and cogniitve science. The only problem is that it is a bit outdated, hence lots of more modern use cases (e.g., web, phones, wearables) are not discussed. Instead, examples abound about planes, and flight control, among others.
Despite that, I think there is a lot of interesting basic principles discussed in this book that are worth studying.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read a long time ago but recently reviewed the sections from response selection to the end. This is the definitive entry point to engineering psychology, no complaint. Must read.

[Geraldinho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great textbook. Just slightly outdated (1999).