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Behavioral Theory of Timing and Poisson Processes

June 30, 2026 2:00am 1 min

The Behavioral Theory of Timing comes to us from Peter Killeen and Gregor Fetterman in 1988. The general idea is that the reinforcement of behaviors generates knowledge of the average amount of time between reinforcement...

Virtual Fit Multivariate Anthropometric Tool

June 20, 2026 2:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! The Virtual Fit Multivariate Anthropometric Tool was developed by HFES in collaboration with Penn State University to make multivariate accommodation estimates for North Amer...

HFETAG - Personnel

June 10, 2026 2:00am 1 min

Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups? One of those is the Personnel SubTAG. The Personnel SubTAG addresses methods...

System Safety Society

May 31, 2026 2:00am 1 min

Founded in 1964, the International System Safety Society is a non-profit organization that promotes, supports, and informs the legion of professionals who address safety and risk concerns throughout various industries. T...

Heart Rate Monitoring

May 20, 2026 2:00am 1 min

Heart rate monitoring is often used to gather real-time data from a user’s physiological response while they are performing tasks on a product or system. This is an important biometric & neuro-measurement tool because it...

The Diffusion Model

May 10, 2026 2:00am 1 min

The diffusion model is a psychological model of how we process a single-stage decision when there is a simple choice between two options. This is beneficial both in human decision making as it allows for a conclusion to ...

HFETAG - Standardization

April 30, 2026 2:00am 1 min

Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups?One of those is the Human Factors Standardization (HFS) SubTAG.This SubTAG ai...

OSHA Standard 1910

April 20, 2026 2:00am 1 min

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration protects millions of workers through a labor code of federal regulations. OSHA 1910 ensures the adoption and extension of legal standards, creating general workplace safe...

Scalar Expectancy Theory

April 10, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Scalar Expectancy Theory, or SET, is an important model of animal timing behavior credited to John Gibbon in the late 1900s. The idea of SET is that animals have an internal ...

Industrial Environmental Association Conference

March 31, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! The Industrial Environmental Association-or the IEA. is a non-profit that serves manufacturing companies in Southern California. The Association advocates on behalf of industr...

HFETAG - Modeling and Simulation

March 20, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups? One of those is the Modeling a...

Acoustical Society of America

March 10, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! The Acoustical Society of America (ASA) is an international scientific society founded in 1929 dedicated to generating, disseminating and promoting the knowledge of acoustics...

Neuroergonomics

February 28, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Neuroergonomics is the study of effectively apply state-of-the-art methods and theories from neuroscience to understand how the brain works in everyday life. Traditional erg...

Electroencephlogram

February 20, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! An electroencephlogram, or EEG, is a test that detects abnormalities in your brain waves, or in the electrical activity of your brain. The device works by placing electrodes c...

HFETAG - Human Performance Measurement

February 10, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups? One of those is the Human Perf...

The Spectral Model

January 31, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! The Spectral Model is a model of one type of circuit within an animal or robot’s larger temporal organization. It describes a mechanism for inhibiting the urge to move on too...

IISE Applied Ergonomics Conference

January 20, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! AES, the Applied Ergonomics Society, is a worldwide resource for the ergonomics profession dedicated solely to the support of the profession and individuals involved with imp...

Vigilance

January 10, 2026 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Vigilance is the action or state of keeping careful watch for possible danger or difficulties. The issue with this is that as automation is becoming increasingly more prevale...

HFETAG - System Safety, Health Hazards, Survivability

December 31, 2025 8:00am 2 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! Did you know the The Department of Defense Human Factors Engineering Technical Advisory Group is composed of 19 sub Technical Advisory Groups? One of those is the System Saf...

Perception of Time

December 20, 2025 8:00am 1 min

...and now for another Human Factors Minute! With so many theoretical models for how we perceive time, researchers have started comparing the different models. This emphasizes that we still have much to learn about how ...

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