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This study intended to explore the effects of personal characteristics (measured by Cattell's 16 Personality Factors), time pressure and interface design on task performance in an Emergency Operating Procedure (EOP) task that required judgment in a simulated Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) condition. The performance criteria included judgment time, error rate, situation awareness, and subjective workload, under different interfaces (ecological /traditional) and time pressure levels (high/low). The analysis of variance showed significant influence of time pressure. And by developing regression models for personality factors under each interface style, significant relationships between personality traits (privateness, openness to change, perfectionism, rule-consciousness, and social boldness) and human performance were found.

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Influence of Personality Factors and Time Pressure on Human Performance When Using Digital Interfaces

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