SHORT-TERM RETENTION OF TRAFFIC TURN RESTRICTION SIGNS

Two laboratory experiments evaluated short-term retention of information from verbal and symbolic signs after following verbal (auditory mode) and pictorial (visual) forms of interfering activities. A differential interference effect was observed consistent with the dual-coding hypothesis. From a practical viewpoint, neither type of sign appeared superior in terms of its likely retention in short-term memory by drivers. (A)

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Sponsored by the Australian Road Research Board.
• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors Society

  Johns Hopkins University Press
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21218
• Authors:
  • Hoffmann, E R
  • MACDONALD, W A
• Publication Date: 1980-4

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 241-251
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 22
  • Issue Number: 2
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Coding systems; Computer programming languages; Driver information systems; Signs; Symbols; Traffic signs; Turning traffic
• Uncontrolled Terms: Sign legend
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Safety and Human Factors; I73: Traffic Control;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00319869
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Safety Council Safety Research Info Serv
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-029 502
• Files: HSL, TRIS
• Created Date: Feb 6 1984 12:00AM