Visual Search for Successive Decisions

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ID5269719
AuthorsNorman H Mackworth (Medical Research Council), Jane F Mackworth (Medical Research Council)
Year1958
Volume49
Issue3
Pages210-221
Publication date1958-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBritish Journal of Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0007-1269 • E-ISSN: 2044-8295
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8295.1958.tb00659.x
PMID13572793
OpenAlexW2170718306
LanguageEN
Citations received3

When a situation provides information from many different independent sources, characteristic difficulties arise, even when the decisions required are of the simplest possible kind and do not require estimates of probability. This paper considers the effect of the amount of material in the display which must be searched for the correct answer, and also how this display load interacts with the speed at which decisions are required, in a situation where successive decisions are posed at approximately equal temporal intervals.It is shown that the percentage of errors is proportional both to the required speed and to the display load, and it is concluded that the time required to search through a display depends on the amount of material in the display, when this unwanted material closely resembles the required answer. In the discussion, the effects of many different sources of information in a moving display are considered in relation to two distinct variables: (1) the display load, and (2) the temporal irregularity of successive decisions

Computer graphics (images) · Data mining · Information display · Relation (database) · Computer Science · Design Education and Practice · Psychology · Spreadsheets and End-User Computing · Statistics Education and Methodologies

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