Extended cognition and the future of ergonomics
Abstract
Ergonomics, as the science of work, carries with it an implicit definition of work. Due to the technological development, the nature of work has changed significantly even in the time since ergonomics became established as a science. One response was the change from classical to cognitive ergonomics in the beginning of the 1980s. Cognition, however, is itself the subject of change, most clearly in the transition from cognition in the mind to cognition in the world, with the associated notion of distributed cognition. It is argued that one may be facing yet another change, represented by the notion of extended cognition, which refers to the way in which people use technological and cognitive artefacts to improve their ability to control a situation. Since the information society both increases the number of artefacts one can use, and raises the demands to being in control, the notion of extended cognition can provide a way both to identify the impending problems and outline the solutions.
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The cognitive system is thought to include bodily resources as well as environmental artifacts.
“the cognitive system is thought to include bodily resources as well as environmental artifacts”
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“Instead, the cognitive system is thought to include bodily resources as well as environmental artifacts (Clark & Chalmers, 1998; Hollnagel, 2001).”
Background
- Authors
- Hollnagel, E.
- Corresponding author
- Hollnagel, Erik
- ORCID
- Hollnagel, Erik
- Venue
- Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2001-01
- Volume
- 2
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 309-315
- ISSN
- 1463-922X (ISSN-L)
- 1464-536X
- OpenAlex
- W1973892897
- Cited by
- 58
- References
- 9
- Citations by year
- 2024: 4 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Embodied and Extended Cognition
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Biomedical Engineering › Ergonomics and Human Factors
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Cybernetics and Technology in Society
- Keywords
- extended cognition, distributed cognition, cognitive ergonomics, definition of work, cognitive artefacts, technical artifacts, information society, control, future of ergonomics
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