A new class of auditory warning signals for complex systems: Auditory icons

Human Factors

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 608-618

  Belz, Steven M ^a   Robinson, Gary S ^a   Casali, John G ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIMULATION; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

EID: 0033498316     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872099779656734     Document Type: Article

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