Conjunction in simulated railway signals: A cautionary note

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 973-984

  Groeger, John A ^a   Clegg, Benjamin A ^b   O'Shea, Geoffrey ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS MODEL; RAILWAY; RANDOMIZATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOMATOSENSORY STIMULATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL MEMORY; WORKING MEMORY;

EID: 29744464340     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1135     Document Type: Article

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