Context matters: The structure of task goals affects accuracy in multiple-target visual search

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 528-533

  Clark, Kait ^a   Cain, Matthew S ^b   Adcock, R Alison ^c   Mitroff, Stephen R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airport security screening; Radiology; Visual search

Indexed keywords

ERRORS; RADIATION; RADIOLOGY;

AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENERS; CONTEXT MATTERS; MULTIPLE TARGETS; SEARCH TASKS; SECURITY SCREENING; STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES; TIME-PERIODS; VISUAL SEARCH;

AIRPORT SECURITY;

ACCURACY; ADULT; AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENER; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; FIXED DURATION FRAMEWORK; FIXED OBJECTIVE FRAMEWORK; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MULTIPLE TARGET VISUAL SEARCH; NAMED GROUPS BY OCCUPATION; POST HOC ANALYSIS; RADIOLOGIST; RESPONSE TIME; SATISFACTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; VISUAL FEEDBACK; VISUAL STIMULATION;

AIRPORT SECURITY SCREENING; RADIOLOGY; VISUAL SEARCH;

FEMALE; GOALS; HUMANS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84892855652     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: 18729126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2013.07.008     Document Type: Article

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