Psychology is one of the main disciplines that have been implied in the development of cognitive ergonomics. For a long time, at least from the sixties, some researchers in psychology have contributed to cognitive ergonomics with the aim of elaborating basic psychological knowledge, (a) with high ecological validity, and (b) with clear relevance to application. This paper stresses the value of this perspective for psychology as well as cognitive ergonomics, and evaluates the results of such an enterprise.
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