Acquisition and transfer of attention allocation strategies in a multiple-task work environment

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 995-1004

  Wang, Dong Yuan Debbie ^a   Proctor, Robert W ^b   Pick, David F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY CALUMET   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; ERGONOMICS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ATTENTION ALLOCATION; STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB ADAPTATION; JOB ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY; SELECTIVE ATTENTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; WORK CAPACITY; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AVIATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 36749074427     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X249866     Document Type: Article

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