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Page 193
... effects on a vertical tracking task , it has little effect if the operator is required to track an object in the horizontal axis . This has obvious implications for the design of a control system in a vibrating environment . Finally ...
... effects on a vertical tracking task , it has little effect if the operator is required to track an object in the horizontal axis . This has obvious implications for the design of a control system in a vibrating environment . Finally ...
Page 212
... effects of background music on performance will be discussed in this section , however , since music is an acoustic stimulus which , it has been argued , may possibly affect performance . However , as with the effects of noise on ...
... effects of background music on performance will be discussed in this section , however , since music is an acoustic stimulus which , it has been argued , may possibly affect performance . However , as with the effects of noise on ...
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... effects of noise are due not to the specific attributes of the noise but to the ( dis ) stress which it causes . SUMMARY This chapter has considered in detail the effects which two environmental parameters , vibration and noise , have ...
... effects of noise are due not to the specific attributes of the noise but to the ( dis ) stress which it causes . SUMMARY This chapter has considered in detail the effects which two environmental parameters , vibration and noise , have ...
Contents
Ergonomics Past and Present | 1 |
I The Sensory Nervous System | 14 |
II Body Size and Movement | 32 |
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