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Nicole D Karpinsky¹, Eric T Chancey², Dakota B Palmer¹

¹Old Dominion University, VA, USA.

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High workload reduces operator trust and monitoring of automation. When complex tasks demand more attention, operators visually disengage from automation systems, impacting overall performance and trust.

Keywords:

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Area of Science:

Human-Computer Interaction
Cognitive Psychology
Automation Systems Engineering

Background:

Operator distrust and poor monitoring of automation are linked to high workload.
Previous inferences were primarily based on automation dependence behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

To directly measure automation monitoring by assessing visual attention allocation, workload, and trust.
To investigate these factors in a dynamic multitasking environment with imperfect automation.

Main Methods:

Participants performed concurrent manual tracking and system monitoring tasks.
An unreliable signaling system assisted the monitoring task.
Eye movement data, workload, and trust ratings were collected.

Main Results:

Increased tracking task difficulty led to reduced visual attention allocated to automation monitoring.
Higher visual attention demands correlated with decreased trust in the automation.
Trust mediated the task load-attention relationship in Experiment 1, but not Experiment 2.

Conclusions:

Multitasking involves a complex interplay between task load, visual attention, and automation trust.
Automation designers must account for operator task load to prevent monitoring deficits and distrust.
Findings highlight the need for adaptive automation design in complex operational environments.