Icon identification in context: The changing role of icon characteristics with user experience

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 465-476

  Isherwood, Sarah J ^a   McDougall, Siné J P ^b   Curry, Martin B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c National Air Traffic Services Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICON CHARACTERISTICS; ICON IDENTIFICATION; VISUAL COMPLEXITY;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SEMANTICS; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER);

ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; LEARNING; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; NORMAL HUMAN; SEMANTICS; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL INFORMATION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOFTWARE; SYMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34249079764     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X200102     Document Type: Article

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