To twist, roll, stroke or poke? A study of input devices for menu navigation in the cockpit

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 590-611

  Stanton, Neville A ^a   Harvey, Catherine ^a   Plant, Katherine L ^a   Bolton, Luke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b GE AVIATION   (United States)

Author keywords

aviation; cockpit; input devices; menu navigation; transport

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE ASPECTS; DEPENDENT VARIABLES; FLIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; HUMAN FACTORS METHODS; INPUT DEVICES; MENU NAVIGATION; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; TRANSPORT;

AVIATION; COCKPITS (AIRCRAFT); HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MANAGEMENT;

KNOBS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINESTHESIA; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARD; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TOUCH; DEVICES; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS;

ADULT; AVIATION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MATERIALS TESTING; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOFTWARE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TOUCH; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84877580006     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2012.751458     Document Type: Article

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