Special Issue Proposal: Human Factors in Cognitive Security – Trust, Decision Integrity and Influence in Complex Information Environments
The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE), whose mission is to promote the science and professional practice of human factors and ergonomics around the world, has elected Camille Bilger from the United Kingdom as a new FPE Director.
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Foundation for Professional Ergonomics Elects New Director and Secretary
The Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE), whose mission is to promote the science and professional practice of human factors and ergonomics around the world, has elected Camille Bilger from the United Kingdom as a new FPE Director.
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Student Wins Annual DWJ Award
Xiaoyun Yin, a PhD student at Human Systems Engineering Arizona State University, has won the Foundation for Professional Ergonomics (FPE) 2026 Dieter W. Jahns Student Award.
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Hand Dominance Increases During Concurrent Bimanual Tracking: The Role of Gaze Contingencies and Visual Display
Adrien Coudiere, Matthieu Morin, Pierre-Michel Bernier, Frederic R. Danion
Dual-task bimanual tracking amplifies dominant-hand prioritization due to gaze bias; enforcing central fixation reduces asymmetry without performance cost, informing selection, training, and cockpit display design.
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Untangling the Web of Deceit: Examining Shared User Susceptibility Across Five Types of Digital Deceptions
Dawn M. Sarno; Jinan N. Allan
Users who struggle to detect deception in one digital domain tend to struggle across others; cognitive reflection and digital literacy modestly improve detection, while domain-switching slows responses and can shift response tendencies.
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PATE Model: A 30-Year Review and Analysis of Gestural Interaction Research
Pei-Yu (Peggy) Chen, Joachim Huber, Antti Oulasvirta, Sean Follmer, Per Ola Kristensson
Gestural interface performance depends on user, action, target, and environment interactions; for practitioners, effective design and evaluation requires accounting for these combined factors rather than isolated metrics.
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Investigating Transfer of Input Device Practice on Psychomotor Performance in an Aviation Selection Test
Christopher Draheim, Nathan Herdener, Ericka Rovira, S. R. Melick, Richard Pak, Joseph T. Coyne, Ciara Sibley
Practice with an input device improves complex tracking regardless of device. However, mismatches harm simple tasks. Selection, learning ability and task adaptation may better predict performance than prior device experience.
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Adaptable Automation Transparency: Should Humans Be Provided Flexibility to Self-Select Transparency Information?
Monica Tatasciore, Laura Bennett, Vanessa K. Bowden, Jason Bell, Troy A. W. Visser, Ken McAnally, Jason S. McCarley, Matthew B. Thompson, Christopher Shanahan, Robert Morris, Shayne Loft
Greater system transparency improves human accuracy of automation use. Allowing operators to choose transparency levels does not enhance accuracy compared to providing a fixed transparency setting.
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Mapping Critical Decisions and Cues in Firefighting: A Structured Analysis Using the Critical Decision Method
Nurul Ahad Choudhury, Pratima Saravanan
The Critical Decision Method was used to develop a cue inventory and decision map for improving firefighter decision-making, safety protocols, and training design.
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Situation Awareness in Fast Rescue Crafts Operators—A Simulator Study
John MacDonald, Elizabeth Sanli, Jennifer Smith, Michael Taber, Gal Ziv
Experienced Fast Rescue Craft operators had higher situation awareness than novices in a search and rescue simulation due to their ability to better predict future events (Level 3 Situation Awareness).
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A Design Sprint to Develop Human Factors-Based Heuristics to Aid in Product Procurement Decisions
Shanmugapriya Loganathar, Megan M. McCray, Amanda V. Kamaraj, Kristen Webster, Swaminathan Kandaswamy, Y. Raymond Chan, Melinda Jamil, Ashley Shepherd, Sarah Fouquet, Orysia Bezpalko, Laura Barg-Walkow, Ethan Larson, Brittany L. Anderson-Montoya, James Won
An HFE heuristic tool for healthcare was developed to evaluate substitute products under shortages. It is a 5-stage procedure: 1. Understand the project, 2. Sketch ideas, 3. Storyboard, 4. Prototype, and 5. Validate.
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Design Process and Performance Testing of a Dynamic Seat Cushion
Sirinant Channak, Erwin M. Speklé, Allard J. van der Beek, Sonja N. Pau-Buzink, Prawit Janwantanakul
Investigators determined the optimal design of a portable dynamic seat cushion. The cushion must be at least as wide as hip breath (personalized is suggested). The best shape was a ring-shaped air sac. Higher inflation increased muscle activation.
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The Impacts of Rotating Shiftwork on Worker Fatigue Levels and Associated Adaptations: A Naturalistic Study Across Offshore Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
John Kang, Stephanie C. Payne, Farzan Sasangohar, Ranjana K. Mehta
Forward (day-to-night) rotations significantly increase fatigue, degrade sleep, and impact vigilance and delay adaptation; for operations, minimize rotating shifts and prioritize fatigue risk management for safety-critical performance.
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Investigating Occupational Stress in ICU Nurses: A Comparative Analysis of Mental and Physical Stress Using Heart Rate Variability and Wrist-Worn Accelerometer Data
Samira Ziyadidegan, Farzan Sasangohar, Pratima Saravanan, Valerie Danesh, Faisal Masud
HRV and accelerometer data can distinguish mental from physical stress, with combined stress producing stronger, more persistent physiological responses in ICU nurses.
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Multitasking Tug-of-War: Exploring the Impact of Task Modality, Task Load Level, and Task Load Type on Dual-Task Interference in Virtual Reality
Mohamad El Iskandarani, Matthew Bolton, Sara Lu Riggs
Dual-task interference increases when tasks share modality and as task load rises, especially for detection tasks. Effects depend on load type and modality interactions.
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The Impacts of Rotating Shiftwork on Worker Fatigue Levels and Associated Adaptations: A Naturalistic Study Across Offshore Platforms in the Gulf of Mexico
John Kang, Stephanie C. Payne, Farzan Sasangohar, Ranjana K. Mehta
Forward (day-to-night) rotations significantly increase fatigue, degrade sleep, and impact vigilance and delay adaptation; for operations, minimize rotating shifts and prioritize fatigue risk management for safety-critical performance.
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Does the Directive to Avoid Low Back Flexion Hinder Physical Performance? Examining Isometric Strength in Postures Adopted During Light Mass Lifting
Brendan L. Pinto, Tyson A. C. Beach, Jack P. Callaghan
Avoiding low back flexion reduces spinal flexion without reducing strength, but high individual variability shows simple directives are insufficient. Personalized coaching is needed to ensure safe and effective lifting performance.
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Using the Delphi technique and critical decisions method to derive nursing student training requirements for sepsis detection in adult patients
Saravanan, P., Jones, S. L., Weston, C., McGarity, T., Mulcahy, A., Melendez, S., & Sasangohar, F.
Critical decision method (cues and expert decisions) paired with a Delphi study (consensus) helped develop a high-fidelity simulation-based training curriculum for nursing recognition of sepsis.
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In AI We Trust? Exploring the Role of Explainable GenAI and Expertise in Education
Camille Safarov, Gregory Gadzinski, Stephan Schlögl
Students’ trust in AI is miscalibrated: nonexperts over-rely on incorrect outputs, while explanation complexity increases trust. This helps experts but can be harmful for nonexperts.
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Quantitative Analysis and Mitigation of the Impact of Network Latency on Video Conferencing Communication Efficiency
JianXiang Chen, Zhang Tao
Study quantifies how network latency impacts communication efficiency in video conferencing, showing a 2.6× increase in communication time per delay unit, which demonstrates that low-latency intent signaling significantly mitigates performance degradation.
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Inspirational leadership, change implementation, and technology adoption in shaping healthcare service effectiveness: A study at Hasan Sadikin hospital, Bandung
Karina Ansheila, Anderson Kumenaung, Merinda Herrari Chrisnuartanti Pandowo, Arrazi Bin Hasan Jan, Johan Reineer Tumiwa
Change process implementation is the primary pathway for inspirational leadership style to influence healthcare service effectiveness. New technology adoption was secondary.
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Cybersecurity Risks and Vulnerabilities in Robotic-Assisted Surgery
Patrick Fuller, Holden Duffie, Dan Li, Alfredo Carbonell, Nicholas Perkins, Jackie S. Cha
Study identifies cybersecurity vulnerabilities in robotic-assisted surgery, highlighting training gaps, communication issues, and stakeholder disconnects, and introduces an FMECA-based tool to assess risks and improve patient safety.
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Equity risks in usability evaluations of health technologies: A failure modes and effects analysis
Tjhie, R., Cafazzo, J. A., & Montague, E.
Primary failure modes for equity within health technology evaluations: lack of evaluator expertise or specific heuristics (heuristic evaluations) and marginalized user group representation (usability testing).
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Multimodal Cueing in Attitude Tracking: Predicting Pilot Mental Workload Through Physiological Measurements
Gabriele Luzzani, Madeline Fischer, Michael Morcos, Sara Lo Vecchio, Danilo Demarchi, Giorgio Guglieri, Umberto Saetti
Multimodal cues reduce workload under degraded vision, while physiological signals, especially respiration and fNIRS, effectively predict mental workload, supporting adaptive pilot systems.
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Using dual motion capture to optimize patient transfer techniques and identify lower back injury risk factors in healthcare settings
Ji, X., & Gao, X.
Patient transfer techniques that reduce strain and injury risk include: neutral trunk posture, coordinated knee flexion, assistive device use, and push/pull assignments based on body height and weight.
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How Can I Trust You? The Effect of Risk and Automation Failures on Trust and Reliance Behavior
Nikolai Ebinger, Norah Neuhuber, Bettina Kubicek
Drivers reduce trust and reliance under high risk and after automation failure, but trust recovers over time; failure timing does not affect trust dynamics.
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(Some) Benefits in Operator Decisions to Use AI After Experiencing Optimal Outcomes
Colleen E. Patton, Benjamin A. Clegg, Blake C. Davis, Nathaniel Blanchard
Short exposure to optimal behaviors (collecting large amounts of evidence and using machine learning aid) increased these behaviors later, improving performance but not sustaining optimal levels when operators regain decisional freedom.
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Linking UI Design to Training Effectiveness, Efficiency, and Satisfaction in Central Venous Catheterization Simulation
Knaf, A., Motamedi, S., Moore, J. Z., Adhikary, S., & Miller, S. R.
Increased real-time feedback and instruction clarity created limited improvements in satisfaction and strategy selection. User interface intuitiveness remains the most important aspect of medical training simulators.
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A Taxonomy for Understanding the Disuse of Technology by Older Adults: A Qualitative Analysis of Disuse of Smart Speakers
Emily C. Gleaton, Richard Catrambone
Older adults discontinued smart speakers for different reasons, including disappointment, low relevance, privacy concerns, and independence, supporting a taxonomy of distinct technology disuse trajectories.
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Testing a Computational Model of Interruptions: The Effects of Time Pressure on Interruption and Response Decisions
Emma B. Knight, Hector Palada, Andrew Neal, Penelope M. Sanderson, Timothy Ballard
Time pressure non-linearly influences decisions to interrupt a teammate, with individuals biased toward interrupting unless the teammate’s workload is high; however, responses to interruptions follow a rational, linear sensitivity to relative time pressure.
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Passive Exoskeletons Reduce Low-Back Passive Tissue Creep
Hanbo Zou, Seulgi Kim, Sangeun Jin
Passive exoskeletons prevented low-back tissue creep and reduced muscle strain during prolonged stooping, helping maintain spinal stability and lowering potential risk of low back pain development.
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A Case for Runway Status Lights at Nontowered Airports
Luigi Raphael I. Dy, John H. Mott
Simplified runway status lights reduced runway incursion risk and workload, especially when traffic was hard to see, with pilots generally viewing the system as helpful and safety enhancing.
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Influence of Surrounding Traffic and System Behaviors on Driver-Initiated Automation Disengagements in Urban Overtaking Scenarios
Husam Muslim, Marko Medojevic, Sou Kitajima, Genya Abe
Drivers often disengaged automation when traffic cues and system behavior conflicted with expectations, highlighting the need for clearer feedback and more intuitive overtaking behavior.
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Enhancing Takeover Performance in Autonomous Vehicles Through Augmented Highlighting Displays
Minwoo Cho, Dongwook Hwang
Highlighting displays improved reaction time, reduced workload, and increased trust, with surface aiding safety perception and outlines reducing mental demand.
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Embodiment of Occupational Exoskeletons as Developing a Sense of Ownership and Readiness-To-Hand
Marc Dufraisse, Jean-Jacques Atain Kouadio, Chris Hayot, Kévin Desbrosses, Isabelle Clerc-Urmès, Olivier Morel, Olivier Rémy, Liên Wioland, Julien Cegarra
Repeated exoskeleton use shifts attention to tasks and increases self-integration; perception of the device as part of oneself develops over time and differentiates novice versus experienced users.
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Evaluating a New Road Sign and Traffic Markings for Motorcycle Safety on Untreated Roads
Alex Stedmon, David McKenzie, Martin Langham, Kevin McKechnie, Richard Perry, Stuart Geddes, Stuart Wilson, Morag Mackay
New road markings and signs reduce speed, improve positioning, and increase safe riding behaviors among motorcyclists, with sustained effects and no negative behavioral impacts observed.
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A Comparative Evaluation of Pointing and Crossing in Moving Target Selection
Xiaoyu Zhang, Minh Hoang Nguyen, Jin Huang, Huawei Tu
Selecting moving targets using a crossing technique was associated with greater advantages than pointing and clicking. However, the advantages of crossing decline when targets become larger or move slower.
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A Systematic Review and Taxonomy of Human–Agent Teaming Testbeds
Hyesun Chung, Timothy Holder, X. Jessie Yang
A 10-attribute taxonomy was developed to review 103 human-agent teaming (HAT) testbeds; most are simple dyadic teaming with human-led structures. More flexible, multi-agent, and ecologically valid testbeds are needed.
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Measuring the Effect of a Powered Ankle Exoskeleton on Street Crossing Decisions for Novice Users Without Mobility Limitations
Caleb Jeanniton, Brian S. Baum, Harvey Edwards, Leia Stirling
The ankle exoskeleton did not change novice users’ street crossing decisions, but it slightly increased workload; practitioners should evaluate cognitive fit, not just physical assistance, in urban mobility tasks.
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Information Access Costs With an Augmented Reality Head-Mounted Display
Cody A. Poole, Amelia C. Warden, Christopher D. Wickens, Aditya Raikwar, Benjamin A. Clegg, Matthew Buckman, Francisco R. Ortega
Increased spatial separation of information presented on augmented reality (AR) head-mounted displays is associated with increased response times. Practitioners need to keep in mind that head movements can be costly.
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An Investigation of Worker Preference for Cardboard Box Handle Design in Grocery Store
Jiyeon Ha, Kyung-Sun Lee, Jinwon Lee, & Jasmin Hwang
Usability of handles was studied with lifting in a grocery store. The most preferred and best evaluated design are classic rounded rectangular handles, middle position, set at 0 degrees angle. Curved handles are less preferred and holes are least preferred; and both distribute weight less evenly.
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Tall man lettering as a solution for look-alike sound-alike errors: A systematic literature review
Bhat, K. R., & Gutzwiller, R. S.
A 25-experiment review found mixed evidence for Tall Man Lettering. Some accuracy improvements, but varies by: user background, drug familiarity, orthographic similarity, position, exposure time.
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Design Principles for Shared Products and Services
Clément Colin, Eric Brangier
Sharable systems and activities (e.g. car sharing service) are not well covered in ergonomic training. Based upon the literature and the authors’ studies, they present a 8 primary guidelines along with associated example solutions.
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Evaluation of intrinsic and extrinsic fall risk factors in hospitals, long-term facilities, and homes: A narrative review
Dondi, A. C., & Davis, K. G.
Patients’ fall risks are more intrinsic at long-term care facilities/hospitals (e.g., medications, illness, cognitive deficits) and extrinsic at home healthcare settings (e.g., inadequate assistive devices).
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CANCER Mnemonic: A structured approach to oncologic emergencies in acute care
Jacob, G., Silva, M. H. C. R., & Dias, F.
The CANCER mnemonic offers a structured guide for managing oncologic emergencies by supporting better decision-making and coordinated communication. Preliminary feedback suggest improvements; more research needed.
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Competence Retention Analysis: A Technique for Predicting and Managing Retention Within Organizational Training Design and Delivery
Cahillane, M., Anderson, T., MacLean, P., & Smy, V.
Competence Retention Analysis Technique (CRA-T) can be an effective approach to identify retention of knowledge and skills in workforces, which can inform the delivery of refresher training.
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Are Explanations Helpful Under Uncertainty? Effects of Uncertainty in AI-Assisted Spacecraft Anomaly Diagnosis
Dutta, P., Josan, P. K., Wong, R. K. W., Dunbar, B. J., Diaz-Artiles, A., & Selva, D.
Increasing system transparency by providing detailed knowledge-driven explanations regarding an automated agent’s recommendations improve performance in a (spacecraft) diagnosis task, especially in uncertain conditions.
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Call for Nominations: HFES Executive Council
HFES Executive Council Nominations Are Open
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HFE WOMAN: Open Call for Nominations
Julia L. Wright, HFE WOMAN Awards Committee Chair
Human Factors and Ergonomics Women’s Organization for Mentorship and Networking (HFE WOMAN) would like to announce the nomination period is now open for their 2026 awards. Nomination packets will be accepted through May 29th, 2026.
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