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dc.contributor.authorEdworthy, Judy
dc.contributor.authorHellier, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.authorTitchener, Kirsteen
dc.contributor.authorNaweed, Anjum
dc.contributor.authorRoels, Richard
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T15:45:21Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T15:45:21Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.date.modified2012-03-01T22:12:28Z
dc.identifier.issn01698141
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ergon.2010.12.004
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/43219
dc.description.abstractThe primary objective of the experiments reported here was to demonstrate the effects of opening up the design envelope for auditory alarms on the ability of people to learn the meanings of a set of alarms. Two sets of alarms were tested, one already extant and one newly-designed set for the same set of functions, designed according to a rationale set out by the authors aimed at increasing the heterogeneity of the alarm set and incorporating some well-established principles of alarm design. For both sets of alarms, a similarity-rating experiment was followed by a learning experiment. The results showed that the newly-designed set was judged to be more internally dissimilar, and easier to learn, than the extant set. The design rationale outlined in the paper is useful for design purposes in a variety of practical domains and shows how alarm designers, even at a relatively late stage in the design process, can improve the efficacy of an alarm set.
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeNetherlands
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom136
dc.relation.ispartofpageto146
dc.relation.ispartofissue2
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Industrial Ergonomics
dc.relation.ispartofvolume41
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology and Cognitive Sciences not elsewhere classified
dc.subject.fieldofresearchHuman Movement and Sports Sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPublic Health and Health Services
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode179999
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1106
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode1117
dc.titleHeterogeneity in auditory alarm sets makes them easier to learn
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC2 - Articles (Other)
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.date.issued2011
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorTitchener, Kirsteen


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