Effects of turn-signal colour on reaction times to brake signals

Ergonomics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 62-68

  Luoma, Juha ^a,b   Flannagan, Michael J ^a   Sivak, Michael ^a   Aoki, Masami ^a   Traube, Eric C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Brake lamps; Brake signals; Colour; Luminous intensity; Reaction time; Turn signals

Indexed keywords

COLOR; ELECTRIC LAMPS; GLARE EFFECTS; HUMAN REACTION TIME;

BRAKE LAMPS; BRAKE SIGNALS; LUMINOUS INTENSITY; TURN SIGNAL COLOR;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; COLOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LABORATORY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME;

EID: 0031020071     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401397188378     Document Type: Article

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