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Books: Coming soon and now published

Posted on December 6, 2019December 6, 2019 by richpak

Our book, Living with Robots is now published! It is available here.

The 2nd edition of our book, Designing Displays for Older Adults, will be released early next year.

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[PUBLISHED] The role of automation etiquette and task-criticality on performance, workload, automation reliance, and user confidence December 4, 2024
Abstract Previous research suggests good automation etiquette can yield positive effects on user performance, trust, automation reliance, and user confidence – especially in personified or anthropomorphized technologies. The current study examined the impact of automation etiquette and task-criticality in non-personified technology. The study used a computer-based automation task to examine good and bad automation etiquette […]
[PUBLISHED] Polite AI mitigates user susceptibility to AI hallucinations November 29, 2024
Pak, R., Rovira, E., & McLaughlin, A. C. (in press). Polite AI mitigates user susceptibility to AI hallucinations. Ergonomics. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2024.2434604 Abstract With their increased capability, AI-based chatbots have become increasingly popular tools to help users answer complex queries. However, these chatbots may hallucinate, or generate incorrect but very plausible-sounding information, more frequently than previously thought. […]
[PUBLISHED] Attention control measures improve the prediction of performance in navy trainees November 29, 2024
Burgoyne, A. P., Mashburn, C. A., Tsukahara, J. S., Pak, R., Coyne, J. T., Foroughi, C., Sibley, C., Drollinger, S. M., & Engle, R. W. (in press). Attention control measures improve the prediction of performance in navy trainees. International Journal of Selection and Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12510 Abstract Military selection tests leave room for improvement when predicting […]
Psychology professor receives funding to examine the role of cognition in human-autonomy collaboration August 27, 2024
Richard Pak, psychology professor and director of the Human Factors Institute at Clemson University, has received more than $560,000 from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine how cognitive abilities, including attention and memory, influence users’ performance with automated systems.
[PUBLISHED] Knowledge, attention, and psychomotor ability: A latent variable approach to understanding individual differences in simulated work performance June 14, 2024
Mashburn, C. A., Burgoyne, A. P., Tsukahara, J. S., Pak, R., Coyne, J. T., Sibley, C., … & Engle, R. W. (2024). Knowledge, attention, and psychomotor ability: A latent variable approach to understanding individual differences in simulated work performance. Intelligence, 104, 101835. Abstract: We compare the validity of personnel selection measures and novel tests of attention control […]