Perceptual training for visual search

Ergonomics

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1101-1115

  Schuster, David ^a   Rivera, Javier ^a   Sellers, Brittany C ^a   Fiore, Stephen M ^a   Jentsch, Florian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

conceptual training; perception; perceptual training; signal detection; visual search

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY IMPROVEMENT; BAGGAGE SCREENING; FULLY AUTOMATED; PERCEPTUAL TRAINING; PERFORMANCE TASKS; TRAINING DESIGN; TRAINING INTERVENTION; VISUAL SEARCH;

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SIGNAL DETECTION;

DESIGN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRPORT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REACTION TIME; VISION; YOUNG ADULT; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIRPORTS; CONCEPT FORMATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; SECURITY MEASURES; SIGNAL DETECTION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880509031     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140139.2013.790481     Document Type: Article

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