STUDIES INTO INFORMATION PRESENTATION THROUGH NOVEL METHODS. III. TWO- WAY INFORMATION TRANSFER THROUGH ELECTROCUTANEOUS TRANSDUCTION

Abstract

After brief training in a code and orientation to the electrocutaneous transduction equipment, three two-man teams employed the code and the equipment to communicate with one another while jointly performing an experimental task. Two levels of time stress and three levels of attention sharing were imposed. Communication performance was scored as well as performance on a collateral visual monitoring task. The results indicated that: (1)reasonably precise two-way electrocutaneous information transfer had taken place, (2)communication performance was not degraded by the conditions of stress and attention-sharing, but (3) collateral task performance was degraded by stress and possibly by attention-sharing. It was concluded that the feasibility of the cutaneous sensory channel for supporting two-way information transfer in a limited vocabulary setting had been at least partially demonstrated. Some possible applications are discussed.

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Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 01, 1966
Accession Number
AD0635693

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