Ben D. Sawyer

I am an applied neuroscientist, psychophysicist, and human factors scientist. My teams research hybrid human-AI intelligence, and how information flows from the human to machine and back.

I am tenured faculty in Industrial Engineering and Management Systems, UCF; Chair of the Board of Directors, CSI; Chair of the Executive Committee, RRF; and director of the Readability Consortium.

The Juicer, Ben D. Sawyer's emblem: a citrus press with violet fronds

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Research

Two readers back to back with tablets: a student in a hoodie and a clinician in a white coat

Readability &
information design

I study the scientific evidence behind typography used from the classroom to the operating room.

Director, The Readability Consortium

Chair, Executive Committee, Readability Research Foundation

Illustration: a driver in a simulator cockpit watching a wide, rainy street scene

Human factors &
industrial engineering

I study human performance, attention, information flow, and distraction in human-AI hybrid systems.

Director, Sawyer Laboratories