Why Pilots Miss the Green Box: How Display Context Undermines Attention Capture

International Journal of Aviation Psychology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-52

  Nikolic, Mark I ^a   Orr, James M ^a   Sarter, Nadine B ^a,b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ohio State University   (United States)

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EID: 1042279216     PISSN: 10508414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327108ijap1401_3     Document Type: Article

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