Effects of four types of non-obtrusive feedback on computer behaviour, task performance and comfort

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 344-353

  de Korte, Elsbeth M ^a,b   Huysmans, Maaike A ^c   de Jong, Annelise M ^b   van de Ven, Josine G M ^a   Ruijsendaal, Mark ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b FACULTY OF INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEERING   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Comfort; Feedback; Human computer interaction; Task performance; Usability

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FEEDBACK; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

BEHAVIOUR; COMFORT; EFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCIES; OBJECTIVE MEASURE; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TASK PERFORMANCE; USABILITY; WORKING BEHAVIOUR;

HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OFFICE WORKER; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TACTILE FEEDBACK; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISUAL FEEDBACK; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 80054761013     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.06.010     Document Type: Article

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