Effects of signal probability on individual differences in vigilance

Human Factors

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 102-110

  Methot, Laura L ^a   Huitema, Bradley E ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION;

SIGNAL PROBABILITY; VIGILANCE DECREMENT;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PROBABILITY; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VARIANCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; SIGNAL DETECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0032032838     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872098779480514     Document Type: Article

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