Hardy David J
Department of Psychology, Loyola Marymount University, 1 LMU Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA.
Brain Sci. 2021 May 15;11(5):647. doi: 10.3390/brainsci11050647.
In a brief overview of neuroergonomics, including some personal reminiscences of Raja Parasuraman, it is recognized that the field of human factors and ergonomics has benefitted greatly from the inclusion and integration of neuroscientific methods and theory. It is argued that such synergistic success can work in the other direction as well with the inclusion of methods and theory of human factors by a neuro field, in this case, neuropsychology. More specifically, it is proposed that neuropsychology can benefit from the inclusion of workload measures and theory. Preliminary studies on older adults, persons living with HIV, and patients with a traumatic brain injury or multiple sclerosis, are reviewed. As an adjunct measure to neuropsychological tests, the construct of workload seems perfectly suited to provide an additional vector of information on patient status, capturing some of the large individual differences evident in clinical populations and facilitating the early detection of cognitive change.
在对神经工效学的简要概述中，包括对拉贾·帕拉苏曼的一些个人回忆，人们认识到，人类因素与工效学领域因纳入和整合神经科学方法与理论而受益匪浅。有人认为，这种协同成功也可以反向发挥作用，即一个神经领域（在这种情况下是神经心理学）纳入人类因素的方法和理论。更具体地说，有人提出神经心理学可以从纳入工作量测量方法和理论中受益。本文回顾了针对老年人、艾滋病毒感染者、创伤性脑损伤或多发性硬化症患者的初步研究。作为神经心理学测试的辅助措施，工作量这一概念似乎非常适合提供关于患者状况的额外信息载体，捕捉临床人群中明显的一些巨大个体差异，并有助于早期发现认知变化。
