Interruption management: A comparison of auditory and tactile cues for both alerting and orienting

International Journal of Human Computer Studies

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 777-786

  Smith, C A P ^a   Clegg, Benjamin A ^a   Heggestad, Eric D ^a   Hopp Levine, Pamela J ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention orienting; Interruption management; Tactile cues; Task switching

Indexed keywords

ATTENTION SYSTEM; ATTENTION-ORIENTING; ATTENTIONAL MECHANISM; AUDITORY CUES; CRITICAL COMPONENT; FUNCTIONAL NETWORK; HUMAN BRAIN; INTERRUPTION MANAGEMENT; PETERSON; PRIMARY TASK; SYSTEMS DESIGN; TACTILE CUES; TASK ENVIRONMENT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TASK-SWITCHING; TIME-SENSITIVE INFORMATION; VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS; VISUAL TASKS; WORK ENVIRONMENTS;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EMPLOYMENT;

EID: 67651177416     PISSN: 10715819     EISSN: 10959300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhcs.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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