Dr Missy Cummings of Duke University joins the show to help walk us through the findings of other automation studies as well as the importance of sound methodology and peer review in studies like Fridman's. As a professor at Duke's Pratt School of Engineering, a consultant on human-automation interaction and the author of numerous peer-reviewed papers (not to mention one of the first combat-qualified female fighter pilots), Dr Cummings brings enormous authority to this complex and fascinating topic.