User-preferred position of computer displays: Effects of display size

Human Factors

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 574-585

  Shin, Gwanseob ^a   Hegde, Sudeep ^a  

^a the State University of New York   (United States)

Author keywords

display size; multiple displays; preferred position of computer displays; viewing distance; visual display terminal

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY SIZE; MULTIPLE DISPLAYS; PREFERRED POSITION OF COMPUTER DISPLAYS; VIEWING DISTANCE; VISUAL DISPLAY TERMINALS;

COMPUTER WORKSTATIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER TERMINAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE;

ADULT; COMPUTER TERMINALS; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649644461     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720810380405     Document Type: Article

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