Task structure and the apparent duration of hierarchical search

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 845-860

  Tractinsky, Noam ^a   Meyer, Joachim ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apparent duration; Duration estimation; Menu search; Psychological time, interaction design; System delays; Time perception

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; HYPERTEXT SYSTEMS; RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS); WEBSITES;

APPARENT DURATION; DURATION ESTIMATION; INTERACTION DESIGN; MENU SEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL TIME; SYSTEM DELAYS; TIME PERCEPTION;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

EID: 0035526316     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ijhc.2001.0506     Document Type: Article

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