{"title":"Predicting team success with quantitative metrics of communication patterns.","authors":"Jingkun Wang, Yuyuan Cao, Felicia Roberts, George Youssef, Winston Bennett, Denny Yu","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2736107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2736107","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Practitioner summary: </strong>Team performance depends on active, progress-oriented communication. The disengagement ratio and forward index distinguish high- and low-performing teams.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149070537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-26DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2736802
Siu Shing Man, Junyu Wang, Ziyou Liang, Yi Wang, Alan Hoi Shou Chan
{"title":"Extending the technology acceptance model with trust and perceived risk to explain young-old adults' virtual reality technology adoption.","authors":"Siu Shing Man, Junyu Wang, Ziyou Liang, Yi Wang, Alan Hoi Shou Chan","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2736802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2736802","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Virtual reality (VR) technology is a valuable tool to address the evolving needs of young-old adults. This study investigated the factors influencing the adoption of VR technology among young-old adults, extending the technology acceptance model by incorporating trust and perceived risk. Data were collected from 343 respondents aged 60 and above through a structured questionnaire, with structural equation modelling used for data analysis. The findings revealed that trust plays a central role in shaping young-old adults' attitudes towards VR technology and their behavioural intentions to adopt it. Additionally, perceived ease of use and perceived usefulness positively contribute to the formation of trust. Conversely, perceived safety risk and performance risk negatively affect trust.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149065677","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-26DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2738042
Chiuhsiang Joe Lin, Benedikta Anna Haulian Siboro
{"title":"Combinations of menu types, interaction methods, and performance metrics in virtual reality: a systematic review.","authors":"Chiuhsiang Joe Lin, Benedikta Anna Haulian Siboro","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2738042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2738042","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Virtual reality (VR) applications rely on menu interfaces to support effective interaction. However, evidence on how menu type, interaction method, and performance metrics relate to VR menu evaluation remains fragmented. This review synthesised 40 empirical studies published between 2013 and 2025 using descriptive mapping, cross-tabulation, and thematic synthesis. The findings showed that research has been concentrated on a limited set of dominant combinations, particularly radial menus used with ray-casting, and that evaluation has relied mainly on accuracy and task-completion time. Ergonomic indicators, including workload, comfort, fatigue, and cybersickness, received less consistent attention. The review further showed that current evaluation practice remains more developed for short-term performance than for long-term ergonomic quality. The findings indicate that VR menu evaluation should move beyond efficiency alone and adopt a more comprehensive perspective that considers menu type, interaction method, and performance metrics together to better support usable, ergonomically sustainable interface design.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-20"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149065452","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-26DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2736800
Longkun Sui, Bo Tan, Kuan Yang, Liyang Gao, Songlu Tang, Tao Li
{"title":"Enhanced detection and classification of unsafe behaviors in hydropower stations via computer vision techniques.","authors":"Longkun Sui, Bo Tan, Kuan Yang, Liyang Gao, Songlu Tang, Tao Li","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2736800","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2736800","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Unsafe behaviours among hydropower station personnel contribute to accidents and are closely associated with ergonomic risks. To address inefficient manual monitoring and limited consideration of behavioural risks in safety management, this study proposes an improved YOLOv11n-based method for unsafe behaviour detection and develops an ergonomic risk assessment framework using detection results. The method incorporates PConv, an attention mechanism, and Focal Loss into YOLOv11n and integrates YOLOv11n-Pose and DCNN-SE modules to identify unsafe behaviours involving personal protection and actions. Experimental results demonstrate improvements over the comparison model in precision, recall, mean average precision, and inference speed, with robustness to complex backgrounds, small targets, and partial occlusion.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149065480","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-26DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2738040
Zigu Guo, Linhui Sun, Ziling Ji, Dingran Qu, Kainan Yang, Jing Yan, Yandan Lin
{"title":"Study on VDT fatigue detection for complex industrial control room operators based on multi-modal fusion.","authors":"Zigu Guo, Linhui Sun, Ziling Ji, Dingran Qu, Kainan Yang, Jing Yan, Yandan Lin","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2738040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2738040","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In complex industrial control rooms such as nuclear power plants and coal mines, Visual Display Terminal (VDT) fatigue caused by sustained monitoring is a key factor contributing to human error. Therefore, VDT fatigue detection technology is of critical importance. This study evaluated fatigue states by analysing subjective and objective physiological data collected from 16 operators before and after shifts, including electroencephalogram and eye-tracking signals. Paired-sample statistical tests confirmed significant changes in fatigue-related indicators. Based on small-sample data, a TabNet-based model was employed to achieve multimodal fusion, yielding an Accuracy of 0.881 and F1-score of 0.919. Compared with the traditional comparison models, the TabNet-based model showed comparatively favourable classification performance in the present small-sample field dataset. The findings provide a feasible algorithmic pathway for intelligent monitoring of operator fatigue in complex industrial control rooms and offer methodological reference for fatigue management and safety protection in high-risk monitoring environments.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-19"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149065753","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-26DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2738046
Siu Shing Man, Peiqi Su, Billy Chun Lung So, Shamay Sheung Mei Ng
{"title":"Exploring the adoption of wearable physical activity monitoring technology amongst older adults in Hong Kong: a grounded theory approach.","authors":"Siu Shing Man, Peiqi Su, Billy Chun Lung So, Shamay Sheung Mei Ng","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2738046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2738046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study explored the attitudes and experiences of older adults who had used Wearable Physical Activity Monitoring Technology (WPAMT) for at least 30 days, identifying factors influencing continued use and discontinuation. Employing grounded theory, face-to-face interviews with 31 older adults in Hong Kong revealed that most participants held positive attitudes towards WPAMT and a willingness to continue using it. Five determinants largely affected positive attitudes: perceived usefulness, versatility, importance, convenience and effectiveness. Negative attitudes were associated with perceptions of the technology being challenging, unnecessary and unaffordable. Continued use of WPAMT was motivated by utilitarian outcomes, health awareness, trust and the presence of facilitators. Conversely, discontinuation of WPAMT use was associated with technophobia, technological barriers, risk perception and perceived cost.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149065701","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-25DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2711958
Meixing Guo, Mingzhu Fang, Junliang Wang, Guangtao Liu, Lingyu Wang, Xingyun Yan, Hairui Wang, Yuanyuan Zhu, Tianyu Song, Sining Wang, Bin Chen, Jie Hu
{"title":"Incremental effects of passive stretching added to device-based massage on lower-limb range of motion and neuromuscular response in sedentary adults.","authors":"Meixing Guo, Mingzhu Fang, Junliang Wang, Guangtao Liu, Lingyu Wang, Xingyun Yan, Hairui Wang, Yuanyuan Zhu, Tianyu Song, Sining Wang, Bin Chen, Jie Hu","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2711958","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2711958","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Prolonged sitting restricts lower-limb joint mobility, and conventional device-based massage has limited capacity to expand joint range of motion (ROM). This study examined whether adding a passive stretching module to device-based massage produces additional immediate lower-limb improvements. Forty-one sedentary adults were randomly assigned to two groups: the main group completed conventional massage (CON) followed, in a fixed order, by passive-stretch massage (PST), while an independent control group repeated CON twice. The PST phase produced significantly greater immediate incremental ROM gains than repeated CON across hip flexion, abduction, extension and knee flexion. Target-muscle %MVC remained below 5% throughout PST, with iEMG 62-79% lower than CON and subjective ratings indicated positive relaxation, flexibility improvement and willingness to continue use. These immediate, single-session findings offer preliminary support for integrating passive stretching into device-based massage systems; long-term effects and practical application value warrant further investigation.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-16"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149065670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-24DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2729405
Jessica Van Bree, Dmitri Poltavski, Nicholas Wilson, Thomas Petros
{"title":"Cue validity moderates the effects of haptic feedback in simulated instrument flight.","authors":"Jessica Van Bree, Dmitri Poltavski, Nicholas Wilson, Thomas Petros","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2729405","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2729405","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined if haptic cue validity moderates pilot situational awareness (SA) and performance in simulated instrument flight, using eye-tracking (ET) and electroencephalography (EEG) to assess attentional and cognitive mechanisms. Student pilots completed instrument flight patterns of ascending complexity. The haptic group received vibrotactile pulses when altitude deviated ±50 ft; the control group received a yoked number of cues at random intervals unrelated to flight parameters. Haptic cueing improved altitude adherence, while control participants demonstrated better heading adherence. ET revealed greater fixation frequency and dwell time on the altimeter in the haptic condition, consistent with cue-directed attentional prioritisation. EEG indicated higher workload and fatigue and lower engagement in the control condition. These findings are interpreted within a cue validity framework: targeted cues supported Level 1 SA by reducing perceptual uncertainty and freeing cognitive resources, whereas ambiguous cues imposed a sustained validity-evaluation demand that elevated cognitive load without commensurate performance benefit.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-23"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149031906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-23DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2734921
Qing-Xing Qu, Zhongyang Xiao, Yiru Zhao, Fu Guo, Vincent G Duffy
{"title":"Context-dependent effects of multimodal explanatory interfaces on passenger workload and situation awareness in fully autonomous driving.","authors":"Qing-Xing Qu, Zhongyang Xiao, Yiru Zhao, Fu Guo, Vincent G Duffy","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2734921","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2734921","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study investigated how multimodal explanatory interfaces affect passenger workload, situation awareness, trust, and XAI evaluation in fully autonomous driving. A 3 × 2 × 2 within-subject simulator experiment manipulated NDRT modality (radio, reading, video), auditory prompt type (spoken explanation vs. alert tone), and visual text presentation (text vs. no text). Responses were assessed using fNIRS, eye tracking, HRV, NASA-TLX, and subjective measures. Explanatory effectiveness was context dependent: no-text explanations were more favorable during radio engagement, whereas text-supported explanations were more favorable during video engagement. Auditory-prompt effects also varied by task state, supporting context-aware explanation design matched to passenger task occupancy.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-30"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149026613","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ErgonomicsPub Date : 2026-09-21DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2026.2734930
Yi Ding, Ziyan Deng, Wengang Zhang, Wei Lyu, Brendan M Duffy, Dali Zhang
{"title":"Wired to believe: source-authority cues shape perceived AI capability and neural persuasion.","authors":"Yi Ding, Ziyan Deng, Wengang Zhang, Wei Lyu, Brendan M Duffy, Dali Zhang","doi":"10.1080/00140139.2026.2734930","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2026.2734930","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>AI advisors support judgement, yet users rely on credibility cues when evaluating AI-generated advice. Using fNIRS and behavioural measures, we examined associations of source-authority cues with perceived AI capability, judgement updating, and prefrontal processing. Seventy adults evaluated food-safety rumours before and after the same Pepper robot delivered corrections attributed to social media users, local news outlets, or national regulators. Corrections were followed by judgement change; descriptively, more scenario-level changes occurred in the corrective direction than in reverse. However, source condition did not significantly predict post-correction accuracy or successful correction. Prefrontal activation changed within conditions, but between-condition differences did not survive statistical correction. Exploratory functional-connectivity analyses revealed differentiated within-condition patterns. Orbitofrontal cortex activation correlated with perceived AI capability and trust, but not accuracy, suggesting an association with subjective advisor evaluation. These findings suggest that source cues influence perceived AI capability and are associated with aspects of prefrontal processing during AI-mediated correction.</p>","PeriodicalId":50503,"journal":{"name":"Ergonomics","volume":" ","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":2.8,"publicationDate":"2026-09-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"149013110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"工程技术","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}