Effect of distractors, age, and level of education upon psychomotor task learning

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 37, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 801-809

  Schwerha, Diana J ^a   Wiker, Steven F ^a   Jaraiedi, Majid ^a  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging worker; Assembly; Distraction; Learning

Indexed keywords

LEARNING SYSTEMS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PERSONNEL TRAINING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AGING WORKERS; PSYCHOMOTORS; VISUOSPATIAL DISTRACTORS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; LEARNING; LEARNING TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 34548270371     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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