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.
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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
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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