An Auditory-Visual Interaction Model for Monitoring Army Materiel/Information Displays.

摘要

In many military operations such as in command or air-traffic-control centers, great quantities of information are displayed to the operators simulaneously. This paper discusses the process of selective attention. It reviews recent models of information processing, and suggests a model of auditory-visual interactions which describes the processes that might underlie selective attention. The model suggests that a central processor allocates capacity for processing important sensory messages in preference to others. The model suggests how the human operator can routinely operate in an environment where many signals compete for attention, where time available for dealing with each signal is limited and where the required precision of analysis changes continuously.