Education
Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1974 (Psychology)
M.A., University of Michigan, 1969 (Psychology)
B.A., Harvard College, 1967 (Physical Sciences)

Course(s) Taught
Psychology 103, Introduction to Experimental Psychology
Psychology 258, Introduction to Human Factors
Psychology 356, Human Performance & Engineering Psychology
Psychology 395, Aviation Psychology
Psychology 427, Engineering Psychology
Psychology 493, Seminars in Attention, Motor Control, Engineering Psychology, Models of
Pilot Performance

Special Interests
Aviation psychology; the relevance of theories of attention and spatial cognition to the performance of people in complex 3D environments, and to the design of displays to support that performance. The effects of automation on attention deployment and trust.

Selected Articles

Wickens, C. D., McCarley, J. S., Alexander, A. L., Thomas, L. C., Ambinder, M., Zheng, S. (2008), Attention-situation awareness (A-SA) model of pilot error. In D. C. Foyle & B. L. Hooey (Eds.), Human performance modeling in aviation (pp. 213-239). Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis.

Wickens, C. D. (2007), Attention to attention and its applications: A concluding view. In A. F. Kramer, D. A. Wiegmann, & A. Kirlik (Eds.), Attention: From theory to practice. New York: Oxford University Press.

Wickens, C. D., Dixon, S. R. (2007), The benefits of imperfect diagnostic automation: A synthesis of the literature. Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science, 8(3), 201-212.

Dixon, S. R., Wickens, C. D. (2006), Automation reliability in unmanned aerial vehicle control: A reliance-compliance model of automation dependence in high workload. Human Factors, 48(3), 474-486.

Alexander, A. L., Wickens, C. D., Hardy, T. J. (2005), Synthetic vision systems: The effects of guidance symbology, display size, and field of view. Human Factors, 47, 693-707.

Horrey, W. J., Wickens, C. D., Consalus, K. P. (2005), The Distracted Driver: Modeling the Impact of Information Bandwidth, In-Vehicle Task Priority, and Spatial-Separation on Driver Performance and Attention Allocation. Technical Report AHFD-05-11/GM-05-2. Savoy, IL: University of Illinois, Aviation Human Factors Division.

Wickens, C. D., Vincow, M., Yeh, M. (2005), Design applications of visual spatial thinking: The importance of frame of reference. In A. Miyaki & P. Shah (Eds.), Handbook of visual spatial thinking. New York: Oxford University Press.