Cognitive Technologies: The Design of Joint Human-Machine Cognitive Systems

First, through increased control automation, the human role has shifted from an emphasis on the perceptual-motor skills needed for manual control to the cognitive skills (e.g., monitoring, planning, fault management) needed for supervisory activities. Second, developments in computational technologies (z.e., heuristic programming techniques) have greatly increased the potential for automating decisions and have resulted in environments where humans interact with another, artificial, cognitive system. People are obviously cognitive systems. Developments in computational technology have focused on tool building-how to build better performing machines. But tool use involves more.