Investigation of the Physical and Cognitive Factors Affecting Slip Error

The proneness of human to errors is a proven fact. There have been numerous studies conducted in order to find out the cause of human slip errors so that by avoiding such errors humans could avoid catastrophes. The outcomes of these studies have been interesting as some researchers blame physical factors more than cognitive factors and vice versa. From the existing studies we can accomplish that there has not been much comparison done between physical and cognitive factors. This paper is aimed to study different experiments and papers in this area in order to see how physical and cognitive factors affect human slip error and whether or not one is more responsible than the other for human slip error. From the literature that has been studied, the paper concludes that it is the mix of physical and cognitive factors that are to be blamed for human slip errors to occur. Similarly it is suggested that a mix of physical and cognitive steps have to be taken for the human slip error rate to drop significantly or better eliminated completely. Human Error, Human Factors, Slip Error, Cognitive Factors,