Effects of Talker Sex and Voice Style of Verbal Cockpit Warnings on Performance

Arrabito, G. Robert

doi:10.1177/0018720808333411

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“…Combined with the observation that urgently spoken words trigger faster reactions (Arrabito, 2009; see also Haas & Casali, 1995;Suied et al, 2008), our results are compatible with the notion of two opposite effects of urgently spoken words: a propensity to capture attention away from the task at hand and a relative speeding up of reactions. Whereas urgently spoken words differ from calmly spoken words along various acoustic dimensions (e.g., the former tend to have a higher fundamental frequency than the second, as can be seen in Figure 1), it is worth emphasizing that we did not seek to ascertain what specific acoustical aspect (or combination of aspects) of the urgent sounds bring about the meaning of urgency.…”

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“…Burt et al (1995) found that the subjective perception of urgency of auditory signals was related to the time participants took to detect them while performing a concurrent motor tracking task. Arrabito (2009) showed that the intonation with which words are spoken (urgently spoken, monotonous, whispered) affects subjective ratings of urgency and detection times (urgently spoken words being perceived as more urgent and being detected faster).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, if subjective ratings constitute good predictors of an objective behavioral measure of attention capture, intonation and valence should mediate performance in the cross-modal oddball task. Finally, given evidence indicating that urgency speeds up responses (e.g., Arrabito, 2009) and that deviant sounds undergo an automatic analysis of their semantic features (Parmentier, 2008), urgently spoken words were expected to yield faster response times than nonurgently spoken words, whereas negative words were expected to delay responses compared with neutral words.…”

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The Impact of Intonation and Valence on Objective and Subjective Attention Capture by Auditory Alarms

Ljungberg

Parmentier

2012

Hum Factors

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Objective: The objective was to study the involuntary capture of attention by spoken words varying in intonation and valence. Background: In studies of verbal alarms, the propensity of alarms to capture attention has been primarily assessed with the use of subjective ratings of their perceived urgency. Past studies suggest that such ratings vary with the alarms’ spoken urgency and content. Method: We measured attention capture by spoken words varying in valence (negative vs. neutral) and intonation (urgently vs. nonurgently spoken) through subjective ratings and behavioral measures. The key behavioral measure was the response latency to visual stimuli in the presence of spoken words breaking away from the periodical repetition of a tone. Results: The results showed that all words captured attention relative to a baseline standard tone but that this effect was partly counteracted by a relative speeding of responses for urgently compared with nonurgently spoken words. Word valence did not affect behavioral performance. Rating data showed that both intonation and valence increased significantly perceived urgency and attention grabbing without any interaction. Conclusion: The data suggest a congruency between subjective ratings and behavioral performance with respect to spoken intonation but not valence. Application: This study demonstrates the usefulness and feasibility of objective measures of attention capture to help design efficient alarm systems.

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Section: Ratings From the Independent Groupsupporting

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The Impact of Intonation and Valence on Objective and Subjective Attention Capture by Auditory Alarms

Ljungberg

Parmentier

2012

Hum Factors

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“…Previously, it has been demonstrated that warnings with a higher perceived level of urgency result in faster RTs and more accurate responding (see Deatherage, 1972;Suied et al, 2008;Arrabito, 2009;Baldwin, 2011;Politis et al, 2013). As shown in Table 2, parameters of the signal such as its intensity, pulse rate, and the locus of stimulation have been used to manipulate the perceived urgency of tactile warnings (see White, 2011,b;Baldwin et al, 2012a,b;Pratt et al, 2012;Baldwin and Lewis, 2014).…”

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Tactile warning signals for in-vehicle systems

Meng

Spence

2015

Accident Analysis & Prevention

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“…Almost without exception, behavioural studies of warnings have used motor control tasks and/or reaction time (e.g. Arrabito, ; Ho & Spence, ; Suied et al, , Sanderson, Wee & Lacherez, ). For example, Arrabito () investigated the effect of talker sex and voice style in auditory warning signals in a cockpit using a visual pursuit‐tracking task.…”

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Listen Out! Behavioural and Subjective Responses to Verbal Warnings

Ljungberg

Parmentier

Hughes

et al. 2012

Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Both the behavioural and subjective impacts of single-word spoken warnings were examined. Behaviourally, the effect of infrequently occurring warnings was studied through their disruptive impact on a visually presented serial recall task. In separate experiments, ratings of the same words were elicited. Experiment 1 showed a localized effect of the warnings (on the item immediately following the warning), with the urgently intoned warning having a greater disruptive effect than its valence (emotional content). Valence and intonation (urgency) did not interact. The performance changes were mirrored in the ratings of the words. Experiment 2 showed no systematic effect on performance of either the action-relatedness of the word or its lexicality. There was, however, a systematic effect of lexicality but not action-relatedness on ratings. The study demonstrates the feasibility of using objective performance methods to establish the likely effects of verbal warnings and the utility of using such methods for the design of alarm systems.

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Effects of Talker Sex and Voice Style of Verbal Cockpit Warnings on Performance

Abstract: Potential applications of this research include improving the attention-getting capability of an alerting system, which could lead to increased warning compliance, potentially resulting in fewer incidents and accidents.

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The Impact of Intonation and Valence on Objective and Subjective Attention Capture by Auditory Alarms

The Impact of Intonation and Valence on Objective and Subjective Attention Capture by Auditory Alarms

Tactile warning signals for in-vehicle systems

Listen Out! Behavioural and Subjective Responses to Verbal Warnings

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