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Spatial stimulus-response (S-R) compatibility effect of visual signals and hand controls in transverse and longitudinal dimensions

  • City University of Hong Kong

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Abstract

Past research studies on spatial compatibility have shown that when the positions of stimulus and response could be concurrently interpreted in terms of horizontal (right-left) and vertical (top-bottom) dimensions, the use of the former one was found to be much stronger than the latter one in compatibility. This phenomenon is known as 'right-left prevalence' effect [1-3]. In this study, the stimulus and response sets were varied along the transverse (right-left) and longitudinal (front-rear) dimensions so that the four possible stimulus and response positions were used concurrently. Results showed salient spatial compatibility effect between visual signals and controls in transverse and longitudinal dimensions, however, there was no indication of prevalence effect of right-left over front-rear dimension. Responses with right hand were found faster than that with left hand for right-handed subjects. The results were translated into practical recommendations for the design of control-horizontal display configuration. The more we know about human performance in different display-control configurations, the better and more effective will be human-machine interfaces designed for more effective operation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIAENG Transactions on Engineering Technologies Volume 3 - Special Edition of the International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2009
Pages225-235
Number of pages11
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, IMECS 2009 - Hong Kong, China
Duration: 18 Mar 200920 Mar 2009

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Volume1174
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

ConferenceInternational MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists, IMECS 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHong Kong
Period18/03/0920/03/09

Keywords

  • Human-machine interface
  • Right-left prevalence
  • Spatial compatibility

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