Virtual Reality and its potential for evaluating warning compliance

Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing and Service Industries

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 526-537

  Duarte, Emília ^a   Rebelo, Francisco ^a   Wogalter, Michael S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Compliance; Effectiveness evaluation; Methodology; Virtual Reality; Warnings

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS; COMPLIANCE; EFFECTIVENESS EVALUATION; HIGH COSTS; KEY CONSTRAINTS; METHODOLOGY; REALISTIC SCENARIO; SAFETY COSTS; WARNING;

VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS;

EID: 85194286313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15206564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hfm.20242     Document Type: Article

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