Expertise, spatial ability and intuition in the use of complex visual displays

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 1, Issue , 2007, Pages 200-204

  Smallman, Harvey S ^a   Hegarty, Mary ^b  

^a Pacific Science and Engineering Group Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION CONTENTS; METEOROLOGICAL VARIABLES; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSES; SPATIAL ABILITIES; TEMPORAL PATTERNS; U.S. NAVIES; VISUAL DISPLAYS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 58149476216     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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