The Laboratory for Automation Psychology (LAP) was founded in 1983 by Kent Norman and Nancy Anderson as an affiliate of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory (HCIL) and the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS).
	Research in the LAP has been supported by corporations such as AT&T, Sperry, and IBM and by federal agencies such as NASA, NSF, NRL, and the U.S. Census.
	We study the cognitive side of the human/computer interface with an emphasis on the processes of judgment and decision making.
	Currently, we are moving to the fun side of human/computer interaction, positive user experiences and entertainment and looking at the psychology of video games.