Attending visual and auditory signals: Ergonomics recommendations with consideration of signal modality and spatial stimulus-response (S-R) compatibility

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 197-206

  Lee, Fion C H ^a   Chan, Alan H S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Control and display; Human machine interface design; Spatial stimulus response compatibility; Visual and auditory signals

Indexed keywords

ERGONOMICS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

AUDITORY SIGNALS; HUMAN MACHINE INTERFACE DESIGN; MULTISENSORY CONTROL; SPATIAL STIMULUS-RESPONSE COMPATIBILITY; VISUAL SIGNALS;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REACTION TIME; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STIMULUS RESPONSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION;

EID: 33846811363     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2006.10.017     Document Type: Article

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