Evaluating Warning Sound Urgency With Reaction Times

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 201-212

  Suied, Clara ^a,b   Susini, Patrick ^a,b   McAdams, Stephen ^c  

^a Institut de Recherche et de Coordination Acoustique/Musique

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attention; auditory warnings; psychophysics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LOUDNESS PERCEPTION; MALE; MOTION PERCEPTION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 54949141812     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.14.3.201     Document Type: Article

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