The Cost of Search for Multiple Targets: Effects of Practice and Target Similarity

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-139

  Menneer, Tamaryn ^a   Cave, Kyle R ^b   Donnelly, Nick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

categorical targets; dual target search; security screening; target feature set; X ray image search

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COLOR VISION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RADIOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; WEAPON;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COLOR PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); RADIOGRAPHY; REACTION TIME; SECURITY MEASURES; WEAPONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67650646484     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015331     Document Type: Article

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