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PUBLISHED: Evaluating Attitudes and Experience With Emerging Technology in Cadets and Civilian Undergraduates

Our new research has just been published. The full text PDF is available by clicking here. Citation: Pak, R., Rovira, E., McLaughlin, A. C., & Leidheiser, W. (2017, April 10). Evaluating Attitudes and Experience With Emerging Technology in Cadets and Civilian Undergraduates. Military Psychology. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/mil0000175 Evaluating Attitudes and Experience With Emerging Technology in Cadets and […]

PUBLISHED: Effects of individual differences in working memory on performance and trust with various degrees of automation

Our latest article “Effects of individual differences in working memory on performance and trust with various degrees of automation” has been published on Taylor & Francis Online. It is available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1463922X.2016.1252806. ABSTRACT Previous studies showed performance benefits with correct automation, but performance costs when the automation was incorrect (i.e. provided an incorrect course of […]

PUBLISHED: The effect of individual differences in working memory in older adults on performance with different degrees of automated technology

Our latest research is published and available here: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00140139.2016.1189599 Pak, R., McLaughlin, A. C., Leidheiser, W., & Rovira, E. (2016). The effect of individual differences in working memory in older adults on performance with different degrees of automated technology. Ergonomics. http://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2016.1189599 ABSTRACT A leading hypothesis to explain older adults’ overdependence on automation is age-related declines in […]

PUBLISHED: Effects of information visualization on older adults’ decision-making performance in a medicare plan selection task

The paper can be downloaded here: Price, M. M., Crumley-Branyon, J., Leidheiser, W., & Pak, R. (2016). Effects of information visualization on older adults’ decision-making performance in a medicare plan selection task: a comparative usability study. JMIR Human Factors. ABSTRACT Background: Technology gains have improved tools for evaluating complex tasks by providing environmental supports (ES) that […]

PUBLISHED: Does the domain of technology impact user trust? Investigating trust in automation across different consumer-oriented domains in young adults, military, and older adults

Our new paper can be downloaded at: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/HJrFr5ChDd6xvFjv5pjA/full Pak, R., Rovira, E., McLaughlin, A. C., & Baldwin, N. (2016). Does the Domain of Technology Impact User Trust? Investigating trust in automation across different consumer-oriented domains in young adults, military, and older adults. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science. doi:10.1080/1463922X.2016.1175523. ABSTRACT Trust has been shown to be a determinant […]

Published: A multi-level analysis of the effects of age and gender stereotypes on trust in anthropomorphic technology by younger and older adults

Our recent paper on anthropomorphic technology and stereotypes has just been published. Pak, R., McLaughlin. A. C., & Bass, B. (In press). A Multi-level Analysis of the Effects of Age and Gender Stereotypes on Trust in Anthropomorphic Technology by Younger and Older Adults. Ergonomics Abstract: Previous research has shown that gender stereotypes, elicited by the appearance of […]