Cognitive ergonomics deals with mental processes such as perception,
memory, thinking and mobility and the way they are affected by the interaction
with the remains of the observed system. The most important aspects include mental effort, decision
making, interaction with computers, human reliability and work stress.
Cognitive ergonomics concentrates
on the analysis of thought processes: mental work load, decision making and
planning that are required from knowledge workers (Marmaras and Kontogiannis,
2001).
The process by which a human is orientated among phenomena and things of the outside world is called the cognitive process consisting of: feeling,
perception, learning, thinking and memory.
Senses are reflections of certain features of objects and phenomena of the
outside world in our minds.
Perception is a process that gives meaning to sensory information, connects previous experience
and current experience,
establishes and maintains internal
cohesion and unity of knowledge about the relevant parts of the outside world, or reality in general. Important
objects of perception in organizations are:
o
The perception of
work performance.
o
The perception of organizational roles.
o
The perception of personality.
o The perception of certain groups or categories of members of the organization.
Read more: Colovic G., Ergonomics in the garment industry, Woodhead
Publishing Limited, 2014
