School of Psychology-Dr Laurence Hartley

Dr Laurence Hartley

Convenor :Postgraduate Applied Psychology Programme(Organisational Stream).
Associate Professor

B.Sc., Ph.D., F.A.P.S

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RESEARCH:
Perception and memory; stress and cognitive performance (Psychopharmacology), noise, circadian rhythms, sleep-loss and drug effects in adults and children; ergonomics and human factors, especially in driving and Transport, and is Conference Convenor of the Biennial International Conference: “Managing Fatigue in Transportation”. He is Manager of the Traffic Board of WA’s driving simulator, co-editor of Current Psychology, and on the editorial boards of Accident Analysis and Prevention, and Transportation Research.

ACTIVITIES:
Associate Professor Laurence Hartley carries out numerous consultancies to WA and Federal Government organizations on occupational factors, is a Fellow of the APS, Director of the Institute for Research into Safety and Transport, and was Conference Convenor of the Ist International Conference on Driver Impairment, Fatigue and Driving Simulation. He is manager of the Traffic Board of WA’s driving simulator, co-editor of current Psychology and editorial consultant to Accident Analysis and Prevention.

TEACHING:
Master of Applied Psychology (Organisational); Advanced Human Factors; Addictions and Substance Abuse; Ergonomics; Human Resources.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

Hartley L.R. (2006) Fatigue and Driving. In Karwowski, W. (Ed.) International Encyclopedia of Ergonomics and Human Factors 2nd edition.
108 Oei, A & Hartley, L (2005) The effects of caffeine and expectancy on attention and memory. Human Psychopharmacology, 20, 1-10
109 Hartley L, Sully, M Gilroy P (2005) Development of a proposed code of practice governing working hours in WA. The Journal of Occupational Health and Safety Australia and New Zealand 21(4) 351-368
106 Hartley L. R. (2004) Fatigue & driving. Pp 221-230. In Traffic & Transport Psychology, T. Rothengatter & R Huguenin, (Eds). Amsterdam: Elsevier
107 Horberry, T, Hartley L, Gobetti K, Walker, F, Johnson B, Gersbach S & Ludlow J (2004) Speed Choice by drivers: the issue of driving too slowly. Ergonomics, 47 (14) 1561-1571.
Hartley, L.R. & Arnold, P.A. (2001). Managing fatigue in the road transport industry: An occupational safety and health solution. In P.Hancock & P. Desmond (Eds) Stress, Workload, and Fatigue. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 531-549.
Arnold, P.A. & Hartley, L.R. (2001). Policies and practices of transport companies that promote or hinder the management of driver fatigue, Transportation Research Part F, 4F(1), 1-17.
Hartley, L.R. (1998). (Ed) Managing fatigue in transportation. Oxford: Elsevier.

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