Enhanced perception and performance by multimodal threat cueing in simulated combat vehicle

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 122-137

  Oskarsson, Per Anders ^a   Eriksson, Lars ^b   Carlander, Otto ^c  

^a SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH NATIONAL ROAD AND TRANSPORT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c MOTOROLA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

3 D audio; bimodal display; multimodal; perception and performance; tactile display; threat cueing; trimodal display; visual display

Indexed keywords

3-D AUDIO; BIMODAL DISPLAY; MULTI-MODAL; TACTILE DISPLAY; THREAT CUEING; TRIMODAL DISPLAY; VISUAL DISPLAY;

EXPERIMENTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

MILITARY VEHICLES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SOLDIER;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; MOTOR VEHICLES; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856487613     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811424895     Document Type: Article

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