Auditory versus visual spatial stimulus-response mappings in tracking and discrete dual task performance : implications for human-machine interface design
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 485-501 |
Journal / Publication | Ergonomics |
Volume | 64 |
Issue number | 4 |
Online published | 24 Oct 2020 |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
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Abstract
A discrete four-choice response task with auditory signal presentation and a joystick-controlled visual tracking task was used to investigate how spatial compatibility influences the dual-task performance of different display-control settings. It was found that the more incompatible the stimulus-response mapping, the longer the delay for both tasks, presumably because of the longer stimulus encoding time required for the incompatible conditions. A comparison of the findings of this study with those of past experiments on visual visual setting shows that the dual-task performance in a cross-modality (auditory visual) setting was significantly better than that in an intra-modality (visual visual) setting because of visual scanning required in the intra-modal dual tasks. However, when the locations of visual visual tasks were close enough such that ambient and focal vision was concurrently used for information processing, the dual-task performance of intra-modality (visual visual) configuration was slightly better than that of the cross-modality (auditory visual) configuration.
Research Area(s)
- Spatial compatibility, multitask, intra- and cross-modality, multiple resources
Citation Format(s)
Auditory versus visual spatial stimulus-response mappings in tracking and discrete dual task performance : implications for human-machine interface design. / Tsang, Steve Ngai Hung; Chan, Alan Hoi Shou; Pan, Xing; Man, Siu Shing.
In: Ergonomics, Vol. 64, No. 4, 2021, p. 485-501.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review