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“Are you sure about that?” The effects of calibrated classification model task accuracy and confidence on trustworthiness, trust, and performance “你确定吗？”校正后的分类模型任务准确度和信心对可信度、信任和绩效的影响

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-15 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104657

August Capiola , Krista N. Harris , Gene M. Alarcon , Dexter Johnson , Sarah A. Jessup , Sasha M. Willis , Walter Bennette

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Human or AI first? A holistic perspective on the sequential order of joint human-AI inspection workflows 人类优先还是人工智能优先？对人工智能联合检测工作流程的顺序进行整体观察

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-06 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104669

Sophie Berretta , Alina Tausch , Florian Bülow , Bernd Kuhlenkötter , Maximilian Topp , Christian Els , Corinna Peifer , Annette Kluge

The complementary integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the workplace requires balancing performance goals with psychological needs, as both are essential for sustained outcomes. This study examines different workflows (AI-first and human-first) as cognitive forcing strategies to test whether they enhance performance and psychological outcomes compared to human-only and AI-only processing. In a one-factorial between-subjects experiment (N = 101) within a visual inspection task, evaluated at up to three measurement points, performance variables (accuracy, speed, error rates) and psychological variables (vigilance, flow, teaming experience, wellbeing when working with the AI) were assessed. Human-AI collaboration outperformed AI-only in error rates (η² = 0.29) and human-only in speed (η² = 0.11 - 0.14), but only when AI preceded human processing. The AI-first workflow enhanced teaming perception compared to human-only processing (η² = 0.07). Moreover, human-AI collaborative processing reduced flow decrease compared to human-only processing (η² = 0.07). Overall, AI processing preceding human processing produces the best balance between performance and psychological outcomes in safety-critical inspection tasks, supporting a holistic view of AI integration in the workplace.

人工智能（AI）在工作场所的互补整合需要平衡绩效目标和心理需求，因为两者对于持续的结果至关重要。本研究考察了不同的工作流程（人工智能优先和人工智能优先）作为认知强迫策略，以测试与纯人工和纯人工智能处理相比，它们是否能提高绩效和心理结果。在视觉检查任务中的单因子受试者间实验（N = 101）中，评估了多达三个测量点，评估了性能变量（准确性，速度，错误率）和心理变量（警惕性，心流，团队经验，与人工智能合作时的幸福感）。人类-人工智能协作在错误率（η2 = 0.29）和速度（η2 = 0.11 - 0.14）上优于人工智能，但仅当人工智能先于人类处理时。与纯人工处理相比，人工智能优先工作流增强了团队感知（η2 = 0.07）。与人工智能协同处理相比，人工智能协同处理减少了流量减少（η2 = 0.07）。总体而言，在安全关键检查任务中，人工智能处理先于人工处理在性能和心理结果之间产生了最佳平衡，支持了人工智能在工作场所集成的整体观点。

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Autonomy for whom? implications of cyber–physical mining systems for operator work and organisation 谁的自主权？网络物理采矿系统对操作员工作和组织的影响。

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104684

Erik Lund

This paper examines the implementation of a cyber–physical mining system, the Autonomous Haulage System (AHS), from a work-system perspective. It explores how automation reconfigures the balance between human, technological, and organisational elements, with a focus on operator roles. Drawing on an explorative case study in an open-pit mine, the analysis applies Balance Theory to interpret how work and organisational relations are reshaped as autonomy is redistributed between humans and technology. Findings show that while the AHS contributes to improved safety and predictability, it also introduces greater work-task diversity and responsibility, increased standardisation and bureaucratisation, and reduced social interaction with emerging risks of isolation. Operators remain central to supervision, coordination, and adaptation, but their work becomes more procedural and dependent on organisational structures and formal routines. The study concludes that maintaining balance in cyber–physical mining systems is an ongoing organisational responsibility that relies on social cohesion, mutual trust, and continuous learning. Ultimately, the findings emphasise that the effectiveness of mining automation depends as much on collective engagement and organisational adaptation as on technological performance.

本文从工作系统的角度研究了网络物理采矿系统——自主运输系统（AHS）的实现。它探讨了自动化如何重新配置人、技术和组织元素之间的平衡，重点是操作员角色。在一个露天矿的探索性案例研究中，分析运用平衡理论来解释工作和组织关系如何在人与技术之间重新分配自主权时被重塑。研究结果表明，虽然AHS有助于提高安全性和可预测性，但它也带来了更大的工作任务多样性和责任，增加了标准化和官僚化，并减少了与新出现的孤立风险的社会互动。操作人员仍然是监督、协调和适应的核心，但他们的工作变得更加程序化，依赖于组织结构和正式的惯例。该研究的结论是，维持网络物理挖掘系统的平衡是一项持续的组织责任，它依赖于社会凝聚力、相互信任和持续学习。最终，研究结果强调，采矿自动化的有效性既取决于技术绩效，也取决于集体参与和组织适应。

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An ergonomics study on side- and rear-view CMS display locations in two lane-changing scenarios 侧视和后视CMS显示位置在两种变道情况下的人机工程学研究。

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-30 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104698

Jungmin Ryu , Donghyun Beck , Woojin Park

In an effort to address existing knowledge gaps in human factors research on camera monitor system (CMS) display layout, this study investigated the effects of side- and rear-view CMS display locations under two lane-changing scenarios with different levels of urgency. Fifty participants performed a simulated lane-changing task four times in each of 12 driving conditions (2 side-view display locations × 3 rear-view display locations × 2 driving scenarios), and their response time, number of collisions, eyes-off-the-road time, and subjective ratings (accuracy, learnability, memorability, intuitiveness, preference, and satisfaction) were collected. The study findings highlight the importance of aligning CMS display locations with driver's mental model by positioning the displays near the traditional mirror locations while minimizing eye gaze travel distances by positioning them close to driver's forward line of sight. Additionally, the relative importance of these two conflicting design characteristics may vary depending on the context-dependent roles of CMS displays.

为了解决当前人为因素对摄像头监控系统（CMS）显示布局的影响，研究了两种不同紧急程度变道场景下，侧视和后视摄像头监控系统（CMS）显示位置的影响。50名参与者在12种驾驶情况（2个侧视显示位置× 3个后视镜显示位置× 2种驾驶场景）中，每种情况下进行4次模拟变道任务，收集他们的反应时间、碰撞次数、视线离路时间和主观评分（准确性、可学习性、可记忆性、直观性、偏好和满意度）。研究结果强调了将CMS显示位置与驾驶员的心理模型对齐的重要性，通过将显示器定位在传统的镜子位置附近，同时通过将它们定位在靠近驾驶员前方视线的位置来最小化眼睛的凝视距离。此外，这两个相互冲突的设计特征的相对重要性可能因CMS显示的上下文相关角色而异。

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Firefighter gloves sizing: Coverage, practicality, and effectiveness 消防员手套的尺寸：覆盖面、实用性和有效性。

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-24 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104696

Hongwei Hsiao , Rui Li , Mengying Zhang , Guowen Song

Despite recent updates to the NFPA standard for firefighter glove sizing, significant fit and coverage challenges persist due to gaps in data application and design translation. This study assessed the standard's ability to accommodate the firefighter population, examined optimal size gradations, and proposed an improved sizing scheme. Using 12 hand measurements from a stratified sample of 943 firefighters, the analysis employed data mapping, principal component analysis (PCA), clustering, and logistic regression. Results showed that 35.2 % of firefighter hands fall outside the seven required NFPA sizes. A refined seven-size system was developed using PCA and clustering, while preserving NFPA sizing conventions. Logistic regression established probability-based boundaries to better guide size selection for users. This study offers the most up-to-date analysis of glove sizing alternatives, providing hand-dimension specifications to help manufacturers optimize design, streamline production, reduce inventory complexity, and enhance glove accommodation for firefighters.

尽管最近更新了消防手套尺寸的NFPA标准，但由于数据应用和设计翻译方面的差距，仍然存在重大的适合性和覆盖挑战。本研究评估了该标准适应消防员人数的能力，检查了最佳尺寸等级，并提出了改进的尺寸方案。利用943名消防员分层样本的12个手部测量数据，采用数据映射、主成分分析（PCA）、聚类和逻辑回归进行分析。结果显示，35.2%的消防员的手落在七个要求的NFPA尺寸之外。在保留NFPA大小惯例的同时，使用PCA和聚类开发了一个精炼的七尺寸系统。逻辑回归建立了基于概率的边界，更好地指导用户选择尺寸。本研究提供了手套尺寸替代方案的最新分析，提供了手部尺寸规格，以帮助制造商优化设计，简化生产，降低库存复杂性，并提高消防员手套的适应性。

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Communicating minimal risk maneuvers to passengers in highly automated vehicles: Ensuring hedonic user experience with media rich in-vehicle HMIs 在高度自动化的车辆中，向乘客传达最小的风险操作：通过富媒体的车载人机界面确保愉悦的用户体验

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104697

Thorben Brandt, Marc Wilbrink, Michael Oehl

With the introduction of highly automated vehicles (HAV; SAE Level 4) driverless mobility systems may fundamentally change public transportation. For potential passengers of these systems, new situations may arise, leaving them without a driver to directly communicate with. This can be problematic when the driving automation is confronted with situations it might be unable to manage by itself, which would cause a minimal risk maneuver (MRM), e.g. a complete standstill of the vehicle. Some concepts enhance these systems with a remote assistant who can support the HAV, adding novelty to the transportation process. This increased novelty may result in user discomfort for passengers, causing a need for information systems that address this. One possibility to do so and to thus improve hedonic quality and thus comfort for passengers is by providing system transparency via a media rich in-vehicle Human-Machine Interface (iHMI), which provides information to passengers about the ADS and its processes. However, there is still a gap in research on the ideal communication mechanism to ensure good hedonic quality and comfort during these situations. We conducted a simulator study in virtual reality (VR), investigating interfaces based on media richness theory to address this issue. The interface provided a multi-layered iHMI consisting of transparency information presented with varying levels of media richness. In a block design, participants experienced three versions of an iHMI, one presenting information via text, another combining text and auditive presentation and a third adding a human avatar simulating Face-to-Face communication. After each scenario, participants completed questionnaires regarding understanding, predictability, trust and user experience. Study results reveal significant increases in the hedonic quality of user experience and trust towards the system for interfaces with increased media richness, providing a first step towards enhancing user comfort with iHMI in automated mobility systems during challenging situations for the automation system, such as MRM.

随着高度自动化车辆（HAV； SAE 4级）的引入，无人驾驶移动系统可能会从根本上改变公共交通。对于这些系统的潜在乘客来说，可能会出现新的情况，让他们没有司机直接沟通。当自动驾驶系统面临无法自行控制的情况时，这可能会产生问题，因为这会导致最小风险机动（MRM），例如车辆完全静止不动。一些概念通过远程助手支持HAV来增强这些系统，为运输过程增添新颖性。这种新颖性的增加可能会给乘客带来不适，从而需要解决这一问题的信息系统。一种可能的方法是通过富媒体的车载人机界面（iHMI）提供系统透明度，向乘客提供有关ADS及其流程的信息，从而提高乘客的享乐质量和舒适度。然而，在这些情况下，理想的沟通机制，以确保良好的享乐质量和舒适性的研究仍然存在空白。为了解决这一问题，我们在虚拟现实（VR）中进行了模拟器研究，研究了基于媒体丰富度理论的界面。该界面提供了一个多层次的iHMI，由不同级别的媒体丰富度呈现的透明信息组成。在分组设计中，参与者体验了三种版本的iHMI，一种通过文本呈现信息，另一种结合了文本和听觉呈现，第三种添加了模拟面对面交流的人类化身。在每个场景之后，参与者完成了关于理解、可预测性、信任和用户体验的问卷调查。研究结果显示，随着媒体丰富度的增加，用户体验的愉悦质量和对系统的信任显著增加，这为在自动化系统面临挑战的情况下（如MRM）提高自动化移动系统中iHMI的用户舒适度迈出了第一步。

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Selecting monitor and wall luminance levels in office settings: An adaptive experimental study 在办公室设置中选择监视器和墙壁亮度水平：一项适应性实验研究

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2025-11-07 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2025.104679

Roel Daneels, Jasper Clauwaert, Youri Meuret, Wouter R. Ryckaert

Modern office environments increasingly feature multiple computing devices and advanced monitors, whose maximum luminance levels have risen significantly in recent years. In addition, current lighting standards place greater emphasis on the role of ambient lighting and wall (il)luminance in creating a comfortable environment. However, higher luminance levels do not inherently lead to enhanced reading comfort. Prior research indicates that reading comfort is influenced by a combination of monitor luminance and the luminance characteristics of the surrounding environment. This study examines the optimal monitor luminance levels that enhance reading comfort under fixed wall luminance conditions, as well as the optimal wall luminance levels under fixed monitor luminance conditions. A total of 25 participants (aged 21–26 years) took part in the experiment. Using the psi-marginal adaptive method, participants were given direct control to determine the luminance levels they perceived as most comfortable for reading. Four different monitor luminance levels (120, 260, 453 and 700 cd m⁻²) and five wall luminance levels (12, 34, 68, 113 and 170 cd m⁻²) were used as fixed luminance levels throughout the experiment. The results demonstrate that higher fixed wall/monitor luminance levels are generally associated with higher optimal monitor/wall luminance levels selected by participants. According to the European standard of lighting requirements for indoor workplaces, the minimum required wall luminance is between 24 cd m⁻² and 38 cd m⁻². For a fixed wall luminance level within this interval (34 cd m⁻²), the results of this study show that the optimal luminance level of the monitor ranges from below 120 cd m⁻² to around 450 cd m⁻² with a median of 166 cd m⁻², and an IQR of [133 cd m⁻²; 270 cd m⁻²]. In conclusion, the findings suggest that, within standard office environments, it is not necessary to utilise monitors with luminance levels exceeding 500 cd m⁻² to achieve optimal reading comfort.

现代办公环境越来越多地采用多种计算设备和先进的显示器，其最大亮度水平近年来显著提高。此外，当前的照明标准更加强调环境照明和墙壁（il）亮度在创造舒适环境中的作用。然而，更高的亮度水平并不一定会提高阅读舒适度。先前的研究表明，阅读舒适性受到监视器亮度和周围环境亮度特性的综合影响。本研究考察了在固定墙壁亮度条件下提高阅读舒适度的最佳显示器亮度水平，以及在固定显示器亮度条件下的最佳墙壁亮度水平。共有25名参与者（年龄21-26岁）参加了实验。使用psi边际自适应方法，参与者被给予直接控制，以确定他们认为最适合阅读的亮度水平。在整个实验过程中，使用了4种不同的监视器亮度水平（120、260、453和700 cd m−2）和5种墙壁亮度水平（12、34、68、113和170 cd m−2）作为固定亮度水平。结果表明，较高的固定墙壁/监视器亮度水平通常与参与者选择的较高的最佳监视器/墙壁亮度水平相关。根据欧洲室内工作场所照明要求标准，要求墙面的最低照度在24cd m−2 ~ 38cd m−2之间。对于该区间内固定的墙壁亮度水平（34 cd m−2），本研究结果表明，监视器的最佳亮度水平范围在120 cd m−2以下至450 cd m−2左右，中位数为166 cd m−2，IQR为133 cd m−2；270 CD m−2]。总之，研究结果表明，在标准的办公环境中，没有必要使用亮度水平超过500 cd m - 2的显示器来实现最佳的阅读舒适度。

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Acceleration or velocity? Exploring minimally disruptive visual motion cues for reducing motion sickness in passenger VR. 加速度还是速度？探索在乘客虚拟现实中减少晕动病的最小破坏性视觉运动线索。

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-03-22 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2026.104778

Zhanyan Qiu, Mark McGill, Katharina Margareta Theresa Pöhlmann, Stephen Anthony Brewster

Motion sickness is a common issue for passengers, where a sensory conflict between visual and physical motion elicits symptoms. This can be particularly problematic if VR headsets are used by passengers in moving vehicles. Commonly used matched motion cues, which visually represent vehicle velocity via in-car displays or VR headsets, can alleviate this conflict but may cause distraction from the task the user is trying to perform, such as working or watching a movie. Acceleration-based visual mitigations could be a good alternative as they present fewer motion cues. However, studies on their potential to cause distraction and their most suitable velocity/speed are lacking. Through an on-the-road study, we demonstrate that these cues reduce motion sickness as effectively as matched motion cues and provide the additional benefit of low distraction, allowing users to concentrate on non-driving related tasks. These findings offer new directions for motion sickness mitigation and highlight the potential of acceleration-based designs in addressing sensory mismatch.

晕动病是乘客的常见问题，视觉和身体运动之间的感官冲突会引发症状。如果乘客在移动的车辆中使用VR头显，这可能会特别成问题。通常使用的匹配运动线索，即通过车载显示器或VR头显直观地表示车辆速度，可以缓解这种冲突，但可能会分散用户正在执行的任务，例如工作或看电影。基于加速的视觉缓解可能是一个不错的选择，因为它们呈现较少的运动线索。然而，关于它们引起注意力分散的可能性和它们最合适的速度/速度的研究是缺乏的。通过一项道路研究，我们证明了这些线索与匹配的运动线索一样有效地减少了晕动病，并提供了低分心的额外好处，允许用户专注于与驾驶无关的任务。这些发现为缓解晕动病提供了新的方向，并突出了基于加速的设计在解决感官不匹配方面的潜力。

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Effects of paddle handle design on muscle activity, subjective discomfort, and performance during simulated dragon boat paddling. 桨柄设计对模拟龙舟划桨过程中肌肉活动、主观不适感和表现的影响。

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2026.104775

Huijuan Zhu, Meiyu Zhou, Baoxia Wu, Yi Wang, Weilin Cai

During prolonged and repetitive paddling in dragon boat training, inappropriate paddle-handle design may influence upper-limb muscle activity and subjective user experience. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of four commercially available dragon boat paddle handles on upper-limb muscle activity, subjective perception, and paddling task performance under controlled ergometer conditions. Twenty trained dragon boat athletes performed standardized paddling tasks while upper-limb surface electromyography was synchronously recorded. Subjective comfort ratings, palmar pain assessments, and task performance metrics were also collected. The results revealed statistically significant differences among paddle handles in upper-limb muscle activity levels and palmar pain distribution. In particular, paddle handles characterized by larger transverse contact dimensions and greater geometric continuity demonstrated advantages in reducing upper-limb muscle activity and alleviating localized discomfort. These findings support a multidimensional evaluation approach that integrates physiological and perceptual measures and provide experimental evidence to inform the ergonomic optimization of dragon boat paddle handles and other handheld tools.

在龙舟训练中，长时间重复划桨时，不适当的桨柄设计可能会影响上肢肌肉活动和主观用户体验。本研究旨在评估四种市售龙舟桨柄对上肢肌肉活动、主观知觉和划桨任务表现的影响。20名训练有素的龙舟运动员执行标准化划桨任务，同时同步记录上肢表面肌电图。还收集了主观舒适度评分、手掌疼痛评估和任务绩效指标。结果显示，桨柄在上肢肌肉活动水平和手掌疼痛分布方面存在统计学差异。特别是，桨柄具有较大的横向接触尺寸和更大的几何连续性，在减少上肢肌肉活动和减轻局部不适方面具有优势。这些发现支持了一种整合生理和感知测量的多维评估方法，并为龙船桨柄和其他手持工具的人体工程学优化提供了实验证据。

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Facial skin temperature as a biomarker for motion sickness. 面部皮肤温度作为晕动病的生物标志物。

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Applied Ergonomics

Pub Date : 2026-03-17 DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2026.104765

Susanne Louvenberg, Jelte E Bos, Lotte Nijskens, Sander E van der Hurk, Jan L Souman

Motion sickness may prevent the adoption of automated vehicles, as passengers are more susceptible than drivers. Predicting individual susceptibility from vehicle motion is challenging due high variability between people. There is a need to measure passengers' motion sickness, preferably objectively and unobtrusively. Biomarkers, the physiological responses to motion sickness, could provide a solution. We developed and evaluated a camera-based system using electro-optical and infrared imaging to measure facial skin temperature unobtrusively. The relationship between facial skin temperature in different regions of the face and motion sickness was determined by exposing participants (n = 14) to off-vertical axis rotation, which elicited severe nausea symptoms for most participants. While temporal patterns differed between participants, subjective ratings of motion sickness were specifically and consistently inverse-related to forehead skin temperature. The potential and challenges of using infrared cameras to objectively and unobtrusively assess motion sickness during autonomous driving are discussed.

晕动病可能会阻碍自动驾驶汽车的采用，因为乘客比司机更容易受到影响。由于人与人之间的高度可变性，从车辆运动中预测个体易感性是具有挑战性的。有必要测量乘客的晕动病，最好是客观而不引人注目的。生物标志物，即对晕动病的生理反应，可以提供一个解决方案。我们开发并评估了一种基于摄像机的系统，使用光电和红外成像来测量面部皮肤温度。通过将参与者（n = 14）暴露在偏离垂直轴的旋转中，确定了面部不同区域的面部皮肤温度与晕动病之间的关系，这引起了大多数参与者的严重恶心症状。虽然参与者的时间模式不同，但晕动病的主观评分与前额皮肤温度呈明确而一致的负相关。讨论了在自动驾驶过程中使用红外摄像机客观、不引人注目地评估晕动病的潜力和挑战。

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