A semantic relatedness paradigm for assessing comprehension of warning symbols

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1795-1799

  Lesch, Mary F ^a  

^a LIBERTY MUTUAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SAFETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; CODES (SYMBOLS);

SEMANTIC RELATEDNESS PARADIGM; WARNING SYMBOLS;

SEMANTICS;

EID: 44349129728     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/154193120504901909     Document Type: Conference Paper

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