A Comparison of Audio, Visual, and Tactile Warning Devices in a Simulated Flight Environment

Abstract

An experiment was performed in which fifteen subjects responded to three separate warning devices; an audio; visual, and tactile device. Reaction times to each randomly presented device were measured while each subject was simultaneously engaged in piloting a personal flight simulator. Instructions to the subjects were continually presented visually on a TV monitor and verbally through a set of earphones. The mean reactions times for each device were compared using a difference of means t-test. The results showed that the tactile device produced significantly faster reaction times at the alpha = .01 significance level. This led to the conclusion that a tactile warning device could be effective in a flight environment where visual and auditory senses can easily be overloaded.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1983
Accession Number
ADA128200

Entities

People

  • Robert J. Larkin

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accidents
  • Aircrafts
  • Control Systems
  • Earphones
  • Environment
  • Flight Simulators
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Information Science
  • Information Transfer
  • Instructions
  • Military Aircraft
  • Psychology
  • Reaction Time
  • Simulators
  • Students
  • United States Naval Academy

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  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Integrated Circuit Design and Technology.
  • Robotics and Automation.