Title

Emergency signal failure: Implications and recommendations

Keywords

Accident prevention; Attention; Habituation; Motor skills; Psychomotor performance

Abstract

As automation becomes more prevalent in complex task systems, operators are confronted with a myriad of emergency signals. Although much research has been performed to improve the structure and function of signalling systems, it has concerned mainly those stimuli that are presumed to accurately indicate danger. The current report discusses the general area of emergency signal failure, its implications for complex task performance, and recommendations for design and research. A general description of the problem is followed by a review of the applicability of scientific theory to human behaviour during and following signal failure, and the authors conclude with recommendations for personnel training and warning signal design and research.

Publication Date

1-1-1998

Publication Title

Ergonomics

Volume

41

Issue

1

Number of Pages

57-72

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1080/001401398187323

Socpus ID

0031965348 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0031965348

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