Conflicting Directional and Locational Cues Afforded by Arrowhead Cursors in Graphical User Interfaces

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 75-87

  Phillips, James G ^a   Triggs, Thomas J ^a   Meehan, James W ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b AERO AND MAR RESEARCH LABORATORY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; REACTION TIME;

ADULT; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; SPACE PERCEPTION; SPATIAL BEHAVIOR; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0042831233     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.9.2.75     Document Type: Article

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