Alongside the disciplines that are usually considered part of "User Experience," the profession draws on approaches from many academic and professional disciplines, including:

• Physiology/Anthropometry
• Anthropology
• Cognitive psychology
• Behavioral Psychology
• Experimental Psychology
• Industrial/Organizational Psychology
• Sociology
• Social Psychology
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computer Science
• Software Engineering
• Requirements Engineering
• Library Science
• Film
• Design
• Art
• Communications
• Technical Communication
• Business

There are many ways of illustrating the relationship between usability and related fields, for example:

• The usability vectors< on the UPA web site illustrate that usability is one of a number of related disciplines with the common goal of a good user experience.
• An early contribution to the Usability BoK, illustrating which disciplines contribute to which usability activities (Lisa Battle, 2004).