Peter Adrian Hancock (born March 9, 1953) is a British-American scientist of

human factors and ergonomics Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as human factors) is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and design of products, processes, and systems. Four primary goals of human factors learnin ...

, author, and

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. He is a Provost Distinguished

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in the Department of Psychology and the

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, as well as the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

. He is the research director of the Minds in Technology−Machines in Thought research laboratory at the University of Central Florida.

Life

Hancock studied human anatomy and biology at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for post-nominals) is a public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university since 1966, but it dates back to 1909, when L ...

in the

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. In 1983, he received a Ph.D. in human performance from the

University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the Universit ...

, and was subsequently awarded a

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degree in human-machine systems by Loughborough U. in 2001. Prior to his appointment at the University of Central Florida, he worked as an assistant professor at the

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, a research scientist at the

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, an associate professor (promoted to full professor in 1996) at the

University of Minnesota The University of Minnesota, formally the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, (UMN Twin Cities, the U of M, or Minnesota) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Tw ...

, as a research affiliate for the

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, as deputy director for the Liberty Mutual Research Center for Safety/Health, a research affiliate for the

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

, and a visiting professor at the

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) ( he, אוניברסיטת בן-גוריון בנגב, ''Universitat Ben-Guriyon baNegev'') is a public research university in Beersheba, Israel. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev has five campuses: the ...

Awards and honours

* Early Career Distinguished Scholar, North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (1987) * Best Ergonomics in Design Article Award, Human Factors Society (1994) * Sir Frederic Bartlett Medal,

The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors The Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors (CIEHF – formerly The Ergonomics Society) is a United Kingdom-based professional society for ergonomists, human factors specialists, and those involved in user-centred design. History The ...

(2000) * Franklin V. Taylor Award,

American Psychological Association The American Psychological Association (APA) is the largest scientific and professional organization of psychologists in the United States, with over 133,000 members, including scientists, educators, clinicians, consultants, and students. It ha ...

(2001) * Liberty Mutual Prize in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics,

International Ergonomics Association The International Ergonomics Association (IEA) is a federation of fifty-two individual ergonomics organizations from around the world. IEA was formed in 1959. The mission of the IEA is to elaborate and advance ergonomics science and practice, and ...

(2001) * Jerome H. Ely Award,

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) is an interdisciplinary nonprofit professional organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C., United States, covering the fields of human factors and ergonomics. Founded in 1957, HFES claims 4500 m ...

(2001) * Medal of WB Jastrzębowski, Polish Ergonomics Society (2002) * Liberty Mutual Medal in Occupational Safety and Ergonomics,

(2003) * Jack A. Kraft Innovator Award,

(2005) * Norbert Wiener Award,

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

(2006) * A.R. Lauer Safety Award,

(2007) * Otto Edholm Award,

(2008) * Raymond F. Longacre Award,

Aerospace Medical Association The Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA) is the largest professional organization in the fields of aviation, space, and environmental medicine. The AsMA membership includes aerospace and hyperbaric medical specialists, scientists, flight nurses, p ...

(2008) * Paul M. Fitts Education Award,

(2008) * Andrew P. Sage Award,

(2008) * Henry L. Taylor Award,

(2011) * Admiral Leland S. Kollmorgen Spirit of Innovation Award,

Augmented Cognition Technical Group (2011) * Oliver Keith Hansen Outreach Award,

(2012) * Alexander C. Williams, Jr., Design Award,

(2013) * Charles S. Gersoni Military Psychology Award,

* William Floyd Award,

(2015) * IEA Ergonomics Development Award,

(2015) * IEA/Elsevier John Wilson Award for Applied Ergonomics,

(Inaugural Award, Co-Winner; 2015) * Sidney D. Leverett Jr. Environmental Science Award,

(2016) * Human Factors Prize Award Winner (with B.D. Sawyer),

(2017) * IEA Outstanding Educators Award,

(2018)

Works

* ''Mind, Machine, and Morality'' (1st ed. 2009). . (Nominated for the William James Award of the

and for the Ursula Gielen Book Award). * ''Richard III and the Murder in the Tower'' (1st ed. 2009, paperback 2011). . (Nominated for the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger Award for Non-Fiction). * ''Cognitive Differences in the Ways Men and Women Perceive the Dimensions and duration of Time: Contrasting Gaia and Chronos'' (1st ed. 2011). . * ''Hoax Springs Eternal: Thy Psychology of Cognitive Deception'' (1st ed. 2014).

References

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