Noise Exposure, Monitoring and Tracking Performance as a Function of Signal Bias and Task Priority

Loeb, Michel; Jones, Paul D.

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“…However, it seems that decline was more pronounced for the noise condition becauseof a greater percentage of false responses during the first period. This finding was in line with the results ofthe early effects of noise on tracking behaviour, noted by Loeb and Jons (1978). It seems likely that the reducing effects ofnoise on false responses appeared to be more severe during the first period of the task for 'doubtful' responses.…”

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Effects of noise on signal detection

Milosevic

1983

Ergonomics

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confidence: 87%

Effects of noise on signal detection

Milosevic

1983

Ergonomics

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“…Hockey's task involved a tracking task with simultaneous reaction to peripheral lights, and it was the latter task which showed a deterioration in noise. Loeb & Jones (1978) failed to replicate Hockey's results but found that noise affected the tracking task instead of reaction to peripheral lights. This difference can be explained in terms of the difference in frequency with which the tracking task required attention.…”

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confidence: 76%

The effects of noise on recall of categorized lists

Smith

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Broadbent

1981

British J of Psychology

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Five experiments investigated the effects of moderate intensity noise (80 or 85 dBC) on recall of categorized lists. Generally the results confirmed previous findings which have shown that in certain circumstances noise reduces clustering. There was no effect of noise on the number of words recalled except in a cued recall condition where noise impaired recall. No reliable individual differences in the effects of noise were found and there was no evidence to suggest that 80 dBC noise impaired clustering more than 85 dBC noise. It is suggested that the detrimental effects of noise on clustering were due to reduced initial recall by category followed by greater subsequent recall of individual words. Conditions which changed this recall pattern abolished the detrimental noise effect. This suggests that noise produces a change in strategy rather than a passive change in association strength or some similar mechanical concept.

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“…Unfortunately, other studies have failed to replicate the effects of noise on selectivity in memory and attention. For example, Forster & Grierson (1978) and Loeb & Jones (1978) were unable to replicate the results of Hockey (1970), although it should be noted that they used tasks with a different level of difficulty from the original study. Similarly, Smith (1982) demonstrated that the effects of task priority are easily modified, which in turn changes the effects of noise.…”

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Noise and aspects of attention

Smith

1991

British J of Psychology

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The paper reviews research on the effects of noise on attention. An experimental study of noise and selective attention is then described. The results showed that noise has different effects on tasks requiring focused attention and categoric search, with noise impairing performance on the focused attention task and having little effect on the search task. This effect of noise did not interact with time of day, level of anxiety, or cognitive failure. Noise did not influence the size of the Eriksen effect, although this did change at different times of day. Neither noise nor any of the other factors had a significant effect on the place repetition effect.

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Noise Exposure, Monitoring and Tracking Performance as a Function of Signal Bias and Task Priority

Cited by 22 publications

References 6 publications

Effects of noise on signal detection

Effects of noise on signal detection

The effects of noise on recall of categorized lists

Noise and aspects of attention

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