Investigating the Use of Color in Timeline Displays

Cummings ML, Tsonsis C, Xing J

FAA Office of Aerospace Medicine - Civil Aerospace Medical Institute

关键词: Color;    Air Traffic Management;    Complexity;    Timeline;    Displays;   

RP-ID  :  DOT/FAA/AM-07/24

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来源: Federal Aviation Administration

【 摘 要 】

The use of color-coding in human supervisory control displays such as those found in air traffic control is a design intervention meant to mitigate task complexity and reduce mental workload. Color has been shown to aid operators in search and organization tasks; however, it can also cause cognitive tunneling and add to task complexity.