Signal perception during performance of an activity under the influence of noise

Noise and Health

Volumn 6, Issue 21, 2003, Pages 51-62

  Sust, Charlotte A ^a   Lazarus, H ^b  

^a Above GmbH   (Germany)

^b Arbeitsmedizin   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arithmetical tasks; Attention; Occupational safety; Signal perception; Warning signals

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL NOISE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; NOISE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PROBLEM SOLVING; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC NOISE;

ACOUSTICS; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; COGNITION; HUMANS; MATHEMATICS; NOISE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0742289501     PISSN: 14631741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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