Heterogeneity in auditory alarm sets makes them easier to learn

International Journal of Industrial Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 136-146

  Edworthy, Judy ^a   Hellier, Elizabeth ^a   Titchener, Kirsteen ^b   Naweed, Anjum ^c   Roels, Richard ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d Rail Safety and Standards Board   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alarms; Auditory warnings; Design; Learning

Indexed keywords

ALARMS; AUDITORY ALARM; AUDITORY WARNINGS; DESIGN PROCESS; DESIGN RATIONALE; LATE STAGE; LEARNING; PRIMARY OBJECTIVE;

DESIGN; EXPERIMENTS;

ALARM SYSTEMS;

ADULT; AGED; ALARM MONITOR; ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79951509709     PISSN: 01698141     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ergon.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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