Reducing the disruptive effects of interruption: A cognitive framework for analysing the costs and benefits of intervention strategies

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1124-1129

  Boehm Davis, Deborah A ^a   Remington, Roger ^b  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aviation; Driving; Interruptions; Medicine; Remedies; Transportation; Workplace

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE FRAMEWORKS; COGNITIVE PROCESS; COGNITIVE PROCESSING; COSTS AND BENEFITS; DISRUPTIVE EFFECTS; DRIVING; INTERRUPTIONS; INTERVENTION STRATEGY; POTENTIAL PROBLEMS; REMEDIES; SEQUENCE OF EVENTS; TRANSPORTATION DOMAIN; WORKPLACE;

AVIATION;

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AWARENESS; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN; MEMORY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; AWARENESS; COGNITION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MEMORY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67949124542     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2009.06.029     Document Type: Article

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