My name is Nicolas Louveton. I hold a PhD degree in human factors, and I am currently an associate professor in cognitive psychology and human-computer interactions at the University of Poitiers, France.

Research Topics

My research work is focusing on several key areas:

• Visual perception and mental workload in complex tasks
• Understanding and learning in immersive and multimodal environments
• Human factors and user-centered design in cybersecurity

Our visual cognition is geared toward performing critical tasks in our daily environment: searching for scarce resources, recognizing dangers and opportunities, and communicating with others.

We are already living in an extended reality. Our visual environment is overlaid with information-rich augmentations (computers, networks, mobile and immersive devices, IoT, etc.).

This raises many challenges regarding human-computer interactions and cognitive psychology: information overload is often represented as a threat, while immersive technologies could also be an opportunity to learn, understand and imagine to a greater extent.

Studying and understanding human cognition and behavior in interaction with digital, interactive technology is key to making better systems that work for humans and helping humans to have higher resilience against possible threats.