Prof. José J. Cañas
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Granada, Spain
Full Professor
Research Interests:
Cognitive Ergonomics, Mental Representation, Cognitive Flexibility, Interface Design,
Risk behaviour, Mental Workload, Hypertext, Air Traffic Control, Safety.
Email: delagado@ugr.es
Qualifications
Graduate in Psychology, University of Granada, Spain.
PhD in Experimental Psychology,
University of South Florida, USA
Publications
(Selected)
Journal
Papers
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Muñoz-de-Escalona, E., Cañas, J. J.,
& Noriega, P. (2020). Inconsistencies between mental fatigue measures under
compensatory control theories. Psicológica Journal, 41(2), 103-126.
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Ferreira, P., Cañas, J. J.. 2019. Assessing
operational impacts of automation using functional resonance analysis method. Cognition,
Technology and Work. pp. 1-18.
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Marchitto, M., Benedetto, S., Baccino,
T., Cañas, J.J.. 2016. Air traffic control: Ocular metrics reflect cognitive
complexity. International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics. 54, pp. 120-130.
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Canas-Bajo, J., Leikas, J., Jokinen,
J., Cañas, J. J., & Saariluoma, P. (2016). How older and younger people see
technology in the Northern and Southern Europe: Closing a generational
gap. Gerontechnology, 14(2), 110-117.
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Di Stasi, L., McCamy, M. B., Pannash, S.,
Renner, R., Catena, A., Cañas, J. J., Velichkovsky, B. M, Martinez-Conde, S. (2014).
Effects of driving time on microsaccadic dynamics. Experimental Brain Research.
233, pp. 599-605.
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Di Stasi, L. L., Catena, A,, Cañas, J.
J., Macknik, S.L., Martinez-Conde, S. (2013). Saccadic velocity as an arousal
index in naturalistic tasks. Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. 37, pp.
978-975.
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Di Stasi, L. L., Marchitto, M., Cañas,
J. J. (2013). Saccadic peak velocity as an alternative index of attentional
state: A short review. European review of applied psychology. 63, pp. 335-343.
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Marchitto, M., Di Stasi, L. L., Cañas,
J. J. (2012). Ocular movements under taskload manipulations: influence of
geometry on saccades in ATC simulated tasks. Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing
& Service Industries. 22, pp. 407-419.
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Madrid, R.I., and Cañas, J.J. (2011).
Using latent semantic analysis to enhance the comprehensibility of hypertext
systems. International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and
Life-Long Learning (IJCEELL), 21,
343-354
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Di Stasi, L.L, Contreras, D., Cándido,
A., Cañas, J.J., and Catena, A. (2011). Behavioral and eye-movement measures to
track improvements in driving skills of vulnerable road users: First-time
motorcycle riders. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and
Behaviour, 14, 26-35.
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Di Stasi, L., Contreras, D., Cañas,
J.J. , Cándido A. , Maldonado, A..and Catena, A. (2010). The consequences of
unexpected emotional sounds on driving behaviour in risky situations. Safety
Science, 48, 1463-1468.
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Di Stasi, L., Marchitto, M., Antolí,
A., Baccino, T., and Cañas, J.J. (2010). Approximation of on-line mental
workload index in ATC simulated multitasks. Journal of Air Transport Management,
16, 330-333.
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Di Stasi, L., Renner, R., Staehr, P.,
Helmert, J.R., Velichkovsky, B.M., Cañas, J.J., Catena, A., and Pannasch, S.
(2010). Saccadic peak velocity is sensitive to variations in mental workload in
complex environments. Aviation, Space, and Environmental Medicine, 81, 413-417.
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Fajardo, I . Parra, E., Canas, J.J. (2010). Do Sign Language Videos Improve Web Navigation For
Deaf Signers? Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 15, 242-262
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Madrid, I.R., . Canas, J.J. (2009) The Effect of Reading
Strategies and Prior Knowledge on Cognitive Load and Learning with Hypertext
. The Ergonomics Open Journal, 2,
124-132.
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Canas, J., van Oostendorp, H. (2009). Cognition
and the Web: Information Processing, Comprehension and Learning. The Ergonomics Open Journal, 2, 47-48.
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Salmerón, L, Baccino, T, Cañas, J.J., Madrid, R.I,
Fajardo, I. (2009). Do graphical overviews facilitate or hinder comprehension
in hypertext? Computer & Education,
53, 1308-1319.
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Leandro Luigi Di Stasi , L.L.,
Álvarez-Valbuena, V., Cañas, J.J., Maldonado, A. Catena, A. Antoli, A., and
Candido, A. (2009). Risk behaviour and mental workload: multimodal assessment techniques
applied to motorbike riding simulation. Transportation Research Part F: Traffic
Psychology and Behaviour, 12, 361-30
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Fajardo, I., Cañas, J.J., and Salmerón,
L., Abascal, J. (2009). Information structure and practice as facilitators of
deaf users’ navigation in textual websites. Behavioral and Information
Technology, 28, 87-97
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Cañas, J.J. (2008) Cognitive ergonomics
in interface development evaluation. Journal of Universal Computing Science,
14, 2630-2649.
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Cañas, J.J., Fajardo, I., and Salmerón,
L. (2007).: Cognitive Flexibility. Internacional Enciclopedia of Ergonomics and
Human Factors, 2nd Edition
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Salmerón, L., Kintsch, W., and Cañas,
J.J. (2006). Coherence or interest as basis for improving hypertext
comprenhension. Information design
journal. 14, 45-55
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Fajardo, I, Cañas, JJ, Salmerón,
L. and Abascal, J. (2006). Improving deaf users’ accessibility in hypertext
information retrieval: Are graphical interfaces useful for them? Behaviour and
Information Technology. 25, 455-467.
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León, J.A, Olmos, R., Escudero,
I.,Cañas, J.J., and Salmerón. L.
(2006). Assessing Short Summaries With
Human Judgments Procedure and Latent Semantic Analysis in narrative and
expository texts. Behavioral Research Methods and Instrumentation, 38, 616-627
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Cañas. J.J. (2006) Technology for specials needs. Human technology, 2, 4-7
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Salmerón, L., Kintsch, W., and Cañas,
J.J. (2006). Coherence or interest as basis for improving hypertext
comprehension. Information design journal, 14, 45-55.
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Salmerón, L. Kintsch, W., and Cañas,
J.J. (2006). Reading strategies and prior knowledge in learning from hypertext.
Memory and Cognition, 34, 1157-1171.
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Ojel-Jaramillo, J.M., and Cañas, J.J.
(2006). Enhancing the Usability of Telecare Devices. Human technology, 2,
103-118.
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Fajardo, I, Cañas, JJ, Salmerón,
L. and Abascal, J. (2006). Improving deaf users’ accessibility in hypertext
information retrieval: Are graphical interfaces useful for them? Behaviour and
Information Technology, 25, 455-467.
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Antolí, A., Cañas, J.J., Fajardo, I.
and Salmerón, L. (2005). Cognitive flexibility of the strategies in dynamic complex
problem solving tasks. Effects of different types of training. Theoretical
Issues in Ergonomics Science. 6, 95-108.
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Fajardo, I., Abascal, J., and Cañas,
J.J. (2004). The Role of Working Memory and Long Term Memory in Deaf Users’
Hypertext Navigation:Review of Guidelines for Web Accessibility. 3196, 320-325.
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Cañas, J.J., Salmerón, L., Antolí, A.,
Chisalita, C., and Escudero, J.T. (2003). Construction
of mental models through knowledge elicitation tasks. Cognitive Technology. 8, 45-53.
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Cañas, J.J.; Quesada, J.F.; Antolí, A.
and Fajardo, I. (2003) Cognitive flexibility and adaptability to environmental
changes in dynamic complex problem solving tasks. Ergonomics, 46, 482-501.
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Waern, Y., and Cañas, J.J. (2003). Microworld
task environments for conducting research on Command and Control: Editorial. Cognition,
Technology and Work, 5, 181-182.
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Navarro, R. and Cañas, J.J. (2001). Are
visual programming languages better? The role of imagery in program
comprehension. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies.
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Cañas, J.J., Antolí, A., Quesada, J.F.
(2001). The role of working memory on measuring mental models of physical
systems. Psicologica, 22, 25-42.
Recent Books and Books Chapters
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de Frutos, P. L., Rodríguez, R. R.,
Zhang, D. Z., Zheng, S., Cañas, J. J., & Muñoz-de-Escalona, E. (2019). COMETA:
An Air Traffic Controller’s Mental Workload Model for Calculating and
Predicting Demand and Capacity Balancing. In International Symposium on
Human Mental Workload: Models and Applications (pp. 85-104). Springer,
Cham.
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Muñoz-de-Escalona, E., Cañas, J. J.,
& van Nes, J. (2019). Task Demand Transition Rates of Change Effects on
Mental Workload Measures Divergence. In International Symposium on Human
Mental Workload: Models and Applications (pp. 48-65). Springer, Cham.
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Cañas, J. J., Ferreira, P., de Frutos,
P. L., Puntero, E., López, E., Gómez-Comendador, F., ... & Mirkovic, B.
(2018). Mental workload in the explanation of automation effects on ATC
performance. In International Symposium on Human Mental Workload: Models
and Applications (pp. 202-221). Springer, Cham.
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Muñoz-de-Escalona, E., & Cañas, J.
J. (2018). Latency differences between mental workload measures in detecting
workload changes. In International Symposium on Human Mental Workload:
Models and Applications (pp. 131-146). Springer, Cham.
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Cañas, J. J. (2017). Fatigue and
Theories of Resources: The Energetic Metaphor of the Mind Functioning Might Be
Reconsidered. In Advances in Neuroergonomics and Cognitive Engineering (pp.
269-277). Springer, Cham.
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Saariluoma-, Pertti; Cañas-Delgado,
Jose Juan; Leikas-, Jaana. 2016. Designing for Life: A Human Perspective on
Technology Development. Palgrave MacMillan.
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Di Stasi, LL., Marchitto, M., Antoli, A., Rodríguez, E., and Caña, J.J.
(2010). Subjective Questionnaires to Saccadic Peak Velocity: A Neuroergonomics
Index for Online Assessment of Mental Workload. In Tadeusz Marek, Waldemar Karwowski, and Valerie Rice (Eds.), Advances in
Understanding Human Performance: Neuroergonomics, Human Factors Design, and
Special Populations. Taylor and Francis.
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Cañas, J.J. (2009). The Future of Interaction Research: Interaction is the result of
Top-Down and Bottom-Up Processes. In Pertti Saariluoma,and Hannakaisa Isomäki, (Eds.). Future Interaction
Design II. London: Springer-Verlag
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Baccino, T., Salmerón, L., et Cañas,
J.J. (2008). La lectura des hypertextes. In A. Chevalier, et A. Tricot (Eds.). Ergonomie des documents électroniques. Le
Travail Humain, France
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Madrid, R.I., and Cañas, J.J. (2007).
How reading strategies affect the comprehension of texts in hypertext systems.
In D. Alamargot, P. Terrier, and J.M. Cellier (Eds) Wwritten documents in the
workplace. Elsevier: Oxford, UK
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Granollers, T., Lorés, J. i Cañas, J.J. (2005). Interficíes
Multimedia. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Catalunya Open University).
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Cañas, J.J. (2004). Personas y
Máquinas. Madrid: Editorial Pirámide.
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Cañas, J.J, Salmerón, L., and Fajardo,
I. (2004). Toward the analysis of the interaction in the joint cognitive
system. In Antti Pirhonen, Hannakaisa Isomäki, Chris Roast and Pertti
Saariluoma (Eds.). Future Interaction Design. London: Springer-Verlag
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Salmerón, L., Cañas, J.J., Fajardo, I,
y Gea, M. (2003). Effects of perceptual and semantic grouping on the
acquisition of hypertext conceptual models. In Don
Harris, Vincent Duffy, Michael Smith y Constntine stephanidis (eds.).
Human-Centred Computing. Cognitive, social and Ergonomic Aspects.
Creta:LEA
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Cañas, J.J. y Waern, Y. (2001). Ergonomía
Cognitiva. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana. ISBN: 7903-597-8
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Cañas, J.J., Salmerón, L. y Gámez, P.
(2001). El factor
humano en la interacción persona-ordenador. En Jesús Lorés (Ed.) Curso
Introducción a la Interacción Persona-Ordenador. Lleida: AIPO. ISBN
84-607-2255-4
Personal Website:
http://ergonomia-cognitiva.com