Cognitive Engineering: Human Problem Solving with Tools
David D. Woods, Emilie M. Roth · Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society · 1988
Cognitive engineering is an applied cognitive science that draws on the knowledge and techniques of cognitive psychology and related disciplines to provide the foundation for principle-driven design of person-machine systems. This paper examines the fundamental features that characterize cognitive engineering and reviews some of the major issues faced by this nascent interdisciplinary field.