Display-Control Relationships with Bisensory Signals

Abstract

Using a bi-sensory signal, simultaneously presented in the visual and auditory modes, an experiment was carried out to examine the effects of varied display-control relationships upon information transfer rate. Of the three response variables examined i.e., limb relationship, control position, & digit correspondence, that of control position was found to have the most significant effect upon performance. Controls which were centrally placed, gave higher information transfer rates than those placed laterally to the line of the incoming signal. The complex interactions, which were observed between all three response variables suggest the need for system specific examination of S-R ensembles where complex bi-sensory signals are used.