The effect of icon spacing and size on the speed of icon processing in the human visual system

Displays

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 111-120

  Lindberg, Tomas ^a   Näsänen, Risto ^a  

^a FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Icons; Perceptual span; Stimulus density; Stimulus size; Threshold search time; Visual acuity; Visual search

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

ICONS; PERCEPTUAL SPAN; STIMULUS DENSITY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SEARCH;

VISION;

EID: 0344515617     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-9382(03)00035-0     Document Type: Article

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