Division 21 has been devoted to human-centered design since the 1950s: Comment on Lyon, Brewer, and Areán (2020).

In the article, "Leveraging Human-Centered Design to Implement Modern Psychological Science," Lyon et al. (2020) presented a case for human-centered design without noting that this has been the focus of Division 21, Applied Experimental and Engineering Psychology, since its founding in 1957. Once acquainted with the work and expertise of Division 21 members, APA members will find the division is devoted to applications of psychological science in all areas of human-centered design and, with its collaborative and interdisciplinary focus, a force to reduce siloing in psychology. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved).