Five Questions About Boredom, Fatigue and Vigilance

1. How different are boredom and fatigue? Both affect our ability to pay attention –…

Should the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors be more of a campaigning organisation? Yes.

Published in ‘The Ergonomist’, Newsletter of the Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors, October 2012, p. 4…

Using the Safety Culture Discussion Cards: Tips From a User

I have received some great practical tips (and considerations for the future) from an ATC…

Reading on the Job: Fatigue, Boredom and Distraction While Underloaded

I have received a few queries asking for a view (or “the science”) on reading…

Breaks From Operational Duty and Fatigue Management

by Steve Shorrock (Adapted from HindSight, Volume 13, Summer 2011, pp. 68-69, EUROCONTROL) Guidelines from Human Factors…

Safety Culture in Your Hands

(This article featured in The Controller – Journal of Air Traffic Control, April 2012.) by…

Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline? No.

This is taken from the article “Head to head: Is Ergonomics a Scientific Discipline?”, published…

Human Factors Research and Practice – Part 2: Bridging the Gap

This article by Steve Shorrock and Amy Chung was published in The Ergonomist (newsletter of…

Human Factors Research and Practice – Part 1: Surveying the Gap

This article by Steve Shorrock and Amy Chung was published in The Ergonomist (newsletter of…

Empathy: A Core Condition for Humanistic Design

Many involved in human-centred design (ergonomics, human factors, UX, interaction design, etc) have an internal…