Designing for humans
Nature aside, the world in which we live should be designed for us, from everyday products like scissors and chairs to complex systems in avionics, medicine and nuclear power applications. Now more than ever, technological advances continue to increase the range and complexity of tasks that people h...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Psychology Press
2001.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Psychology at work.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798031106719 |
| Summary: | Nature aside, the world in which we live should be designed for us, from everyday products like scissors and chairs to complex systems in avionics, medicine and nuclear power applications. Now more than ever, technological advances continue to increase the range and complexity of tasks that people have to perform. As a discipline, human factors psychology (ergonomics) therefore has an increasingly important role to play in ensuring that the human user's physical characteristics, cognitive abilities and social needs are taken into account in the development, implementation and operation of prod |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (230 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781134588107 9780585447537 9780203465578 9781280070785 9781134588114 9786610070787 |
