Performance with tables and graphs: Effects of training and a visual search model

Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1840-1865

  Meyer, Joachim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Graphic displays; Human computer interaction; Information presentation; Models; Skill acquisition; Tables

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE DISPLAY; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MODEL; NORMAL HUMAN; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAINING; VISUAL INFORMATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 0033741145     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130050174509     Document Type: Article

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