Date of Award
Fall 1989
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Psychology
Program/Concentration
Psychology
Committee Director
Raymond H. Kirby
Committee Member
Glynn D. Coates
Committee Member
Sarah J. Beaton
Call Number for Print
Special Collections LD4331.P65A85
Abstract
Previous research on Fitts' Law has concentrated on presenting tracking tasks using visual feedback. The present research investigated the effect of auditory and/or visual feedback with a tracking task. Thirty subjects (15 male, 15 female) performed the tracking task using a mouse control to track a target on a computer monitor. The three feedback conditions included auditory, visual, and auditory/visual. For each condition, the Index of Difficulty was varied and the movement time was measured. It was predicted that the auditory feedback would produce movement times that would conform to Fitts' Law. The results indicted that the auditory condition did not conform to Fitts' Law but that the visual [F(l,538) = 36.98,p
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DOI
10.25777/ca3r-7054
Recommended Citation
Atkinson, Tamara L..
"Auditory Feedback and Fitts' Law"
(1989). Master of Science (MS), Thesis, Psychology, Old Dominion University, DOI: 10.25777/ca3r-7054
https://digitalcommons.odu.edu/psychology_etds/464