Psychology: the scientific study of the way the human mind works and how it

influences behaviour, or the influence of a particular person's character on their

behaviour:
 Motivation
● Cognition: The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning
● Perception: the ability to see, hear, or become aware of something through the
senses.
● Sensation
● Information Processing
● Learning.
Sensation refers to the process of sensing our environment through touch, taste, sight,
sound, and smell. This information is sent to our brains in raw form where perception
comes into play. Perception is the way we interpret these sensations and therefore
make sense of everything around us

Biology/Medicine

Biophysics
● Biochemistry: the scientific study of the chemistry of living things
● Anatomy: the scientific study of the body and how its parts are arranged:
● Physiology: (the scientific study of) the way in which the bodies of living things
work
● Biomathematics: Biomathematics is the use of mathematical models to help
understand phenomena in biology
● Neuroscience : the scientific study of the nervous system and the brain:

Bioengineering: interdisciplinary field that interfaces with engg and biology

● Biodynamics: that field concerned with effects of external forces or dynamic
conditions on biological systems; synony. with impact biomechanics
 Biostatics: is the science of structure of living organization in relation to the
forces with which they interact..
● Bioenergetics: is the study of the energy transformation in living organisms, it
includes bio thermodynamics
● Biothermodynamics: is study of energy and entropy, or more generally free energy,
transformations IN (living organisms)
● Bioelectricity: Bioelectricity, electric potentials and currents produced by or
occurring within living organisms. Bioelectric potentials are generated by a variety of
biological processes and generally range in strength from one to a few hundred
millivolts.
● Bioelectronics: Bioelectronics is a field of research in the convergence of biology
and electronics. Organic materials (i.e. containing carbon) show great promise when it
comes to interfacing with biological systems. titanium nitride (TiN) turned out as
exceptionally stable and well suited for electrode applications in medical implants.

Biomechanics analyzes biological systems using the laws of physics and engineering
and is concerned with the mechanical behavior of the musculoskeletal system and
tissues as physical work is performed and energy is exerted by or on the body.
Biomechanics includes the investigation of forces that act on limbs and locomotion in
general across all forms of life, from individual cells to whole organisms.

Human factors analyzes devices for human use and for optimum interaction between
the human and the system. A concise definition by Kantowitz and Sorkin (1983) is:
“Human factors is the discipline that tries to optimize the relationship between
technology and the human.”.

Ergonomics: Ergonomics is the process of designing or arranging workplaces,

products and systems so that they fit the people who use them.
● Work Station Design: deals with the design and layout of the workstation, tools, and
equipment, and their interaction with the employee and the task.
● Design of Controls:
● Anthropometry:
the scientific study of the measurements and proportions of the human body.
● Functional Analysis.: Function allocation is the assignment of system functions to
machine components, human operators, or to a combination of human and machine
components.

Human Control Engineering

Modeling, design and analysis of the physiological and cognitive performance of the
human operator. Human-environmental interactions are characterized as biothermal
control systems. Human-technological interactions are characterized as informative
control systems.