An Auditory-Visual Interaction Model for Monitoring Army Materiel/Information Displays.

Abstract

In many military operations such as in command or air-traffic-control centers, great quantities of information are displayed to the operators simulaneously. This paper discusses the process of selective attention. It reviews recent models of information processing, and suggests a model of auditory-visual interactions which describes the processes that might underlie selective attention. The model suggests that a central processor allocates capacity for processing important sensory messages in preference to others. The model suggests how the human operator can routinely operate in an environment where many signals compete for attention, where time available for dealing with each signal is limited and where the required precision of analysis changes continuously.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA033865

Entities

People

  • Lynn C. Oatman

Organizations

  • Human Engineering Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arousal (Physiology)
  • Brain
  • Brain Stem
  • Central Nervous System
  • Channel Models
  • Data Displays
  • Ear
  • Electrophysiological Phenomena
  • Engineering
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human-Machine Systems
  • Information Processing
  • Nervous System
  • Neural Pathways
  • Parallel Computing
  • Physical Properties
  • Psychophysiology

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.
  • Theoretical Analysis.