What is Information Overload: Human Factors in Presentation of Data

With the collection, exchange, integration, and analysis, e-Navigation risk bringing even more information to the navigator on the ship’s bridge. This poses a great challenge: human attention, working memory and higher cognitive abilities are limited and the presentation of information must be designed to fit within the limits of the human user. What these limitations are, and how can we mitigate the risk of information overload, is the theme of this presentation.