Author: palawson

Although the terminology may sound lofty, the idea here is relatively simple. When attempting to monitor a complex instrument panel, like the one you might find in a cockpit, there may be dozens of information streams that must be monitored. Fuel, altitude, pitch, yaw, airspeed, and on and on. It's only possible for a person… Continue reading Using Theory of Mind to Augment Situational Awareness (NCSU)

[The following research is the subject of my dissertation] You might have had teachers tell you not to cram for tests because you'd forget the info soon after. This alludes to the fact that spaced retrieval practice is better than unspaced practice (similar to cramming) if the goal is keeping the information accessible in the… Continue reading Desirable Difficulty & Learning Optimization (NCSU)

The manuscript related to this project is currently under peer review. A draft of the work is available here. People fall victim to email phishing attacks all the time, being tricked into revealing sensitive information like passwords or credit cards numbers. But what is it about the email that allows it to trick the recipient?… Continue reading Email Phishing: Towards a Susceptibility Model (NCSU)

When Valassis Digital was in the middle of a rebrand, the UX team used the opportunity to re-evaluate their default typeface. There had been complaints of legibility issues from clients and staff. I was tasked with carrying out research to help select a new typeface that 1) is legible at small sizes, and 2) is… Continue reading Typeface Investigation (Valassis Digital)

For this research project, myself and two other NCSU graduate students in the Human Factors & Applied Cognition program collaborated  with the Epic Games development team to investigate the Heads-Up-Display (HUD) system in Paragon, a complex new game they were preparing to release. Because of the complexity of the game, the numerous streams of information presented to the… Continue reading Paragon HUD Analysis (Epic Games)