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- Title
Costs in searching for two targets: dividing search across target types could improve airport security screening.
- Authors
Menneer, Tamaryn; Barrett, Doug J. K.; Phillips, Luke; Donnelly, Nick; Cave, Kyle R.
- Abstract
The cost of searching for two visual targets simultaneously was compared against two separate single-target searches using exposure time and accuracy measures within a staircase procedure. Dual-target search for all stimuli (colour, shape and orientation) exhibited a loss of accuracy for one target. For orientation and shape, this dual-target cost in accuracy was extreme, with chance-level performance on one target. For colour, dual-target search exhibited an additional cost in search time, with search requiring a longer exposure than the summed time required for two single-target searches. An additional search-time cost was also found for orientation targets when irrelevant colour variation was added to the display. In conclusion, dual-target search for dissimilar targets is accompanied by an accuracy cost. Furthermore, colour variation, whether task-relevant or not, leads to an additional cost in processing speed. The results suggest that a divided-effort strategy would improve performance in search tasks such as X-ray baggage screening. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
AIRPORT security measures; SECURITY systems; X-ray equipment; X-rays in industry; AIRLINE passenger security screening; LUGGAGE
- Publication
Applied Cognitive Psychology, 2007, Vol 21, Issue 7, p915
- ISSN
0888-4080
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/acp.1305