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Citation

Perrott DR, Sadralodabai T, Saberi K, Strybel TZ. Hum. Factors 1991; 33(4): 389-400.

Affiliation

Psychoacoustics Laboratory, California State University, Los Angeles 90032.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1991, Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

1955201

Abstract

Visual search performance was examined in a two-alternative, forced-choice paradigm. The task involved locating and identifying which of two visual targets was present on a trial. The location of the targets varied relative to the subject's initial fixation point from 0 to 14.8 deg. The visual targets were either presented concurrently with a sound located at the same position as the visual target or were presented in silence. Both the number of distractor visual figures (0-63) present in the field during the search (Experiments 1 and 2) and the distinctness of the visual target relative to the distractors (Experiment 2) were considered. Under all conditions, visual search latencies were reduced when spatially correlated sounds were present. Aurally guided search was particularly enhanced when the visual target was located in the peripheral regions of the central visual field and when a larger number of distractor images (63) were present. Similar results were obtained under conditions in which the target was visually enhanced. These results indicate that spatially correlated sounds may have considerable utility in high-information environments (e.g., piloting an aircraft).


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