This paper reviews cognitive science perspectives on the design of visual‐spatial displays
and introduces the other papers in this topic. It begins by classifying different types of visual …

Simulation has been widely used in the education of healthcare workers. In simulation
training, there is an approximation to reality in which trainees are supposed to react to …

Forming connections between human performance and design, this new edition of
Engineering Psychology and Human Performance examines human–machine interaction …

Objective: A study was run to test the sensitivity of multiple workload indices to the differing
cognitive demands of four military monitoring task scenarios and to investigate relationships …

Virtual reality trainers are educational tools with great potential for laparoscopic surgery.
They can provide basic skills training in a controlled environment and free of risks for …

Information processing lies at the heart of human performance. This chapter describe the
characteristics of the different important stages of information processing, from perception of …

To answer the question:“what is 3D good for?” we reviewed the body of literature concerning
the performance implications of stereoscopic 3D (S3D) displays versus non-stereo (2D or …

This chapter identifies two basic components of spatial intelligence, based on analyses of
performance on tests of spatial ability and on complex spatial thinking tasks in domains such …

Visualization of climate data plays an integral role in the communication of climate change
findings to both expert and non-expert audiences. The cognitive and psychological sciences …

To evaluate how top-down and bottom-up processes contribute to learning from animated
displays, we conducted four experiments that varied either in the design of animations or the …