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Handbook of human engineering data
Psychological Bulletin

Thinking and speaking: A symposium
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Thinking and speaking: A symposium
Psychological Bulletin, Volume 52, Issue 6, November 1955, Pages 523-524
Frank A. Pattie

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Psychology at the Naval Research Laboratory
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Psychology at the Naval Research Laboratory
American Psychologist, Volume 2, Issue 3, March 1947, Pages 87-92
Franklin V. Taylor

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" . . . eventually the Section will carry on work relating to radar, sound, and optical instruments in addition to research relating to missile and fire control problems which are in the domain of the parent division . . . However, until such a time that the Section can obtain sufficient personnel to permit expanding research into the other fields represented at the Naval Research Laboratory, its main work will be directed along the following three lines: the design of gun fire control and missile control instruments from the point of view of ease and efficiency of operation; the design and evaluation of synthetic gunnery and missile control trainers; and basic psychological research." Each of the three lines is described. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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Psychology and the design of machines
American Psychologist

Psychology and the design of machines
American Psychologist, Volume 12, Issue 5, May 1957, Pages 249-258
Franklin V. Taylor

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Because of "human errors," psychologists were asked to help engineers produce machines which required less of the man and which, at the same time, exploited his special abilities. Psychologists, with the help of anatomists, physiologists and engineers "started a new inter-discipline aimed at better machine design and called variously human engineering, biomechanics, psychotechnology, or engineering psychology." The engineering psychologist: (1) studies the psychology of the human as a system component; (2) assists the engineer in experimentally evaluating prototype man-machine systems; and (3) cooperates actively with engineers in the design of machines. Some day "psychology, biology, and physics will… all employ the same physicomathematical metalanguage when describing the behavior of those particular system components which fall within their purview." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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Human engineering research-who should do it and why
American Psychologist

Human engineering research–who should do it and why
American Psychologist, Volume 12, Issue 2, February 1957, Pages 92-94
Joseph W. Wissel, Stanley A. Hall

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"The in-service laboratory groups, the universities, and private consultants and consulting organizations most certainly should be conducting the major research programs, but the human engineering staff that is part of an engineering manufacturing organization cannot and should not undertake a major human engineering research program for every need of the design engineer." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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American Psychologist
Volume 4, Issue 4, April 1949, Pages 97-103

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Psychology at the Special Devices Center, Office of Naval Research

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Leonard C. Mead^a

^aTufts College, US

Available online 5 April 2007.

The Human Engineering Branch of the Special Devices Center, Office of Naval Research, is concerned with the coordination of men and machines. The complexity of naval equipment and procedures requires that special effort be made to adapt operational requirements to the psychological capabilities and limitations of human operators. Such coordination is achieved in two ways: (1) By the development of particular training devices and methods, programs have been established dealing with device development and psychological evaluation, rapid mass learning, and research on technical naval training problems. (2) Equipment and military operations are simplified by the application of findings of human engineering research and systems studies. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

Author Keywords: human engineering; man machine coordination; naval equipment & procedures; military operations; human operators; training

American Psychologist
Volume 4, Issue 4, April 1949, Pages 97-103

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