The relationship between task performance, reaction time, and perceived urgency in nonverbal auditory warnings

Proceedings of the XIVth Triennial Congress of the International Ergonomics Association and 44th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Association, 'Ergonomics for the New Millennium'

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 674-677

  Edworthy, Judy ^a   Hellier, Elizabeth ^a   Walters, Kathryn ^a   Weedon, Ben ^b   Adams, Austin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTERS; DATA REDUCTION; DEGRADATION; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN REACTION TIME; MAPPING; PERFORMANCE; PRODUCT DESIGN;

AUDITORY WARNINGS; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AUDITION;

EID: 1842685318     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120004402247     Document Type: Conference Paper

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