ATC-labAdvanced: An air traffic control simulator with realism and control

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 118-127

  Fothergill, Selina ^a   Loft, Shayne ^b   Neal, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AVIATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; HUMAN;

AVIATION; HUMANS; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 65349128704     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.41.1.118     Document Type: Article

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