The use of similes to enhance inferencing and memory of unfamiliar product hazards

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 2321-2325

  Ezer, Neta ^a   Fisk, Arthur D ^a   Bowles, C Travis ^b   Rogers, Wendy A ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ORACLE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER-BASED ASSESSMENT; PRODUCT HAZARDS;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 44349143456     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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