Person-centred ergonomics : a Brantonian view of human factors

Preface ix Part 1. The Brantonian View 1 Chapter 1. Person-centred ergonomics 3 The Man-machine system 4 A person-centred ergonomics 4 The Brantonian View 7 The psychophysiological input 9 The philosophical input 10 From Kant to Branton 13 Summary 14 Chapter 2. Human values 17 Purposivity 17 Anticipation and prediction 20 Postural underpinnings 21 Interest, boredom and adaptation 21 Mind wanderings 22 Uncertainty reduction 23 Control and autonomy 24 Responsibility 25 Summary 26 Chapter 3. Unselfconscious behaviour 27 The importance of the self 28 Thinking and doing 31 Propositional relationships 32 The process of abstraction 32 Abstracting the abstract 33 The self and activity 34 Preparedness and purpose 36 Summary 37 Chapter 4. Measuring behaviour 39 A person-centred approach to measurement 40 vi Contents Epistemology 40 Multiple approaches 40 The importance of empathy 41 The need for definition 43 The servo-based human 44 Posture 45 Error corrections 47 Fluctuating awareness 49 Summary 50 Chapter 5. Summary 53 References 55 Part 2. The Brantonian Contribution 57 Chapter 6. Paul Branton as a philosopher 59 Fernando Leal, University of Guadalajara, Mexico. Chapter 7. Thinking is very far from knowing 71 Nigel Corlett, University of Nottingham, UK. Chapter 8. From person-centred ergonomics to person-centred ergonomic standards. 75 Friedhelm Nachreiner, Universitنt Oldenburg, Germany. Part 3. Significant Brantonian Publications 81 Chapter 9. Behaviour, body mechanics and discomfort 83 Ergonomics, 1969, 12, 316–327. Chapter 10. Train drivers’ attentional states and the design of driving cabins 97 Paper presented to 13th Congress, Union Internationale des Services Medicaux des Chemins de Fer, Ergonomics Section, Brussels, October 1970. Published in the Proceedings. Chapter 11. Ergonomic research contributions to design of the passenger environment 111 In Passenger Environment, Proceedings of a conference organised by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, 1972, 64–69. Chapter 12. On the process of abstraction. Unpublished paper. 1977. 123 Chapter 13. Investigations into the skills of train driving 135 Ergonomics, 1979, 22, 155–64. Chapter 14. The use of critique in meta-psychology 147 Ratio, 1981, 24, 1–11. Contents vii Chapter 15. On being reasonable (Vernünftig sein) 157 In Vernunft, Ethik, Politik: Gustav Heckmann zum 85. Geburtstag. (Eds Horster, D. and Krohn, D.), 1983, Hannover: SOAK Verlag. Chapter 16. Process control operators as responsible persons 173 Invited paper to symposium on Human Reliability in the Process Control Centre. Institution of Chemical Engineers, Manchester. April, 1983. Chapter 17. Critique and explanation in psychology—or how to overcome philosophobia. Unpublished paper, 1983. 177 Chapter 18. Transport operators as responsible persons in stressful situations 181 In Breakdown in human adaptation to stress: Towards a disciplinary approach. Vol I. (Ed Wegmann, H.M.), 1984, Boston: Martinus Nijhoff. Chapter 19. VDU Stress: Is ‘Houston Man’ addicted, bored or mystic? 193 (With P. Shipley). Paper presented to International Scientific Conference on Work with Display Units, Stockholm. May, 1986. Chapter 20. In praise of ergonomics—a personal perspective 199 International Reviews of Ergonomics, 1987, 1, 1–20. Part 4. An annotated bibliography of Brantonian publications 221 Index 235