Emergency signal failure: Implications and recommendations

Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 57-72

  Bliss, James P ^a   Gilson, Richard D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accident prevention; Attention; Habituation; Motor skills; Psychomotor performance

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; SIGNAL SYSTEMS;

EMERGENCY SIGNALS;

ERGONOMICS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; EMERGENCY; HAZARD; HUMAN; OPERATOR; PERSONNEL; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING;

EID: 0031965348     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401398187323     Document Type: Article

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