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Everett Palmer
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Summary Header The wide-spread application of Information Technology to automate tasks in our everyday lives has improved our overall productivity and increased our safety. Researchers, however, have identified a circumstance in which the application of these technologies has resulted in increased operator workload that has lead to reduced safety margins. This occurs when the automation induces operator error by requiring the operator to exceed the natural limits of human cognition.

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