Isherwood, SJ orcid.org/0000-0002-8022-3110 and McKeown, JD (2017) Semantic congruency of auditory warnings. Ergonomics, 60 (7). pp. 1014-1023. ISSN 0014-0139
Abstract
The aim of this study was to explore operator experience and performance for semantically congruent and incongruent auditory icons and abstract alarm sounds. It was expected that performance advantages for congruent sounds would be present initially but would reduce over time for both alarm types. Twenty four participants (12M/12F) were placed into auditory icon or abstract alarm groupings. For each group both congruent and incongruent alarms were used to represent different driving task scenarios. Once sounded, participants were required to respond to each alarm by selecting a corresponding driving scenario. User performance for all sound types improved over time, however even with experience a decrement in speed of response remained for the incongruent iconic sounds and in accuracy of performance for the abstract warning sounds when compared to the congruent auditory icons. Semantic congruency was found to be of more importance for auditory icons than for abstract sounds.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis group. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Ergonomics on 21st September 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00140139.2016.1237677. |
Keywords: | auditory warnings; auditory icons; human-computer interaction; user experience; auditory displays |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Medicine (Leeds) > Leeds Institute of Genetics, Health and Therapeutics (LIGHT) > Division of Epidemiology & Biostatistics (Leeds) The University of Leeds > Faculty of Medicine and Health (Leeds) > School of Psychology (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 29 Sep 2016 09:17 |
Last Modified: | 04 Nov 2017 21:31 |
Published Version: | https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2016.1237677 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/00140139.2016.1237677 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:105180 |