Megan Bartlett

Dr Megan Bartlett

Lecturer

School of Psychology

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.


I am a full-time Lecturer in the School of Psychology at The University of Adelaide, where I predominately teach into the Graduate Diploma in Psychology (Online). My research interests lie in the area of human factors, with a specific focus on human-automation interaction (i.e., how efficiently human operators work with automation in difficult decision-making or visual search tasks).

My PhD investigated elements of automation interface design, individual user differences, and user training protocols that shape human-automation interaction.

Basic and applied aspects of attention, cognition, and perception. In particular, I'm interested in human factors, with a specific focus on human-automation interaction.

  • Journals

    Year Citation
    2024 Bartlett, M. L., Carragher, D. J., Hancock, P. J. B., & McCarley, J. S. (2024). Benchmarking automation-aided performance in a forensic face matching task. Applied Ergonomics, 121, 104364.
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    2023 Tikhomirov, L., Bartlett, M. L., Duncan-Reid, J., & McCarley, J. S. (2023). Identifying Inefficient Strategies in Automation-Aided Signal Detection. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 29(4), 869-886.
    DOI Scopus2
    2023 Cockram, L., Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2023). Simple manipulations of anthropomorphism fail to induce perceptions of humanness or improve trust in an automated agent. Applied Ergonomics, 111, 1-8.
    DOI Scopus1
    2022 Tikhomirov, L., Bartlett, M. L., Duncan-Reid, J., & McCarley, J. S. (2022). Identifying Inefficient Strategies in Automation-Aided Signal Detection.
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    2022 Boskemper, M. M., Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2022). Measuring the Efficiency of Automation-Aided Performance in a Simulated Baggage Screening Task. Human Factors, 64(6), 945-961.
    DOI Scopus20 WoS6 Europe PMC5
    2021 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2021). Ironic efficiency in automation-aided signal detection. Ergonomics, 64(1), 103-112.
    DOI Scopus13 WoS4
    2021 Ciricugno, A., Bartlett, M. L., Gwinn, O. S., Carragher, D. J., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2021). The effect of cognitive load on horizontal and vertical spatial asymmetries. Laterality, 26(6), 706-724.
    DOI Scopus7 WoS5 Europe PMC4
    2020 Thomas, N. A., Gwinn, O. S., Bartlett, M. L., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2020). Through doorways and down corridors: Investigating asymmetries during computer maze navigation. Journal of Cognition, 3(1), 1-14.
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    2020 Bartlett, M. L., Scott Gwinn, O., Thomas, N. A., & Nicholls, M. E. R. (2020). Cognitive load exacerbates rightward biases during computer maze navigation. Brain and Cognition, 140, 105547-1-105547-9.
    DOI Scopus3 WoS2
    2020 Cropper, S. J., McCauley, A., Gwinn, O. S., Bartlett, M., & Michael, M. E. (2020). Flowers in the Attic: Lateralization of the detection of meaning in visual noise. Journal of Vision, 20(10), 1-20.
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    2019 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2019). No Effect of Cue Format on Automation Dependence in an Aided Signal Detection Task. Human Factors, 61(2), 169-190.
    DOI Scopus18 WoS9 Europe PMC5
    2019 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2019). Human interaction with automated aids: Implications for robo‐advisors. FINANCIAL PLANNING REVIEW, 2(3-4), 1-11.
    DOI Scopus7
    2018 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2018). No tendency for human operators to agree with automation whose response bias matches their own. International Journal of Human Factors and Ergonomics, 5(2), 111-128.
    DOI Scopus3
    2017 Fletcher, K. I., Bartlett, M. L., Cockshell, S. J., & McCarley, J. S. (2017). Visualizing probability of detection to aid sonar operator performance. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2017-October(1), 302-306.
    DOI Scopus4
    2017 Bartlett, M. L., & McCarley, J. S. (2017). Benchmarking Aided Decision Making in a Signal Detection Task. Human Factors, 59(6), 881-900.
    DOI Scopus35 WoS21 Europe PMC12
    2014 Scown, H., Bartlett, M., & McCarley, J. S. (2014). Statistically lay decision makers ignore error bars in two-point comparisons. Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, 2014-January(1), 1746-1750.
    DOI Scopus3
  • Conference Papers

    Year Citation
    2019 Nicholls, M., McCauley, A., Gwinn, O., Bartlett, M., & Cropper, S. (2019). Face or Flower? Hemispheric Lateralisation for the Perception of Illusory Faces. In PERCEPTION Vol. 48 (pp. 132). SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD.
  • Preprint

    Year Citation
    2023 Bartlett, M. L., Carragher, D. J., Hancock, P., & McCarley, J. (2023). Benchmarking Automation-Aided Performance in a Forensic Face Matching Task.
    DOI
  • Research Network for Undersea Decision Superiority (2020-2023): “Teach a man to fish”: Decision aids that support both learning and performance in complex environments ($247,264)
  • Human Performance Research Network (2019-2023): Helped, not hindered: Optimising the use of augmented reality by Defence personnel ($511,000)
  • Introductory Psychology (PSYCHOL 1100)
  • Foundations of Psychology (PSYCHOL 6500OL)
  • Research Methods, Design and Analysis (PSYCHOL 6501OL)
  • Culture and Context (PSYCHOL 6505OL).

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