Resources, Confusions, and Compatibility in Dual Axis Tracking: Displays, Controls, and Dynamics.

Abstract

Dual axis compensatory tracking was investigated as a function of whether error displays were integrated or separated, whether axis controls were integrated into one stick or remained separate, and whether the control dynamics on the two axes were the same or different. Tracking error increased and control activity decreased as a function of the summed difficulty of the two control dynamics. Integrated displays and integrated controls both led to increased confusions between tracking axes although error was unaffected. Importantly, performance was also affected by whether the integrality of displays matched that of controls. These results suggest that dual axis tracking is subject to separate effects of resource competition, confusions, ad Wickens' compatibility of proximity principle.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1987
Accession Number
ADA185871

Entities

People

  • Martin L. Fracker

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Applied Psychology
  • Cognitive Workload
  • Control Sticks
  • Control Systems
  • Control Theory
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Motor Skills
  • New York
  • Psychology
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Students
  • Task Performance And Analysis
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Control Systems Engineering.
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).