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McDougall, Sine; Tyrer, Victoria; Folkard, Simon – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2006
Searching for icons, symbols, or signs is an integral part of tasks involving computer or radar displays, head-up displays in aircraft, or attending to road traffic signs. Icons therefore need to be designed to optimize search times, taking into account the factors likely to slow down visual search. Three factors likely to adversely affect visual…
Descriptors: Signs, Attention, Database Design, Computer Interfaces