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Human Factors in the Design of Tactical Display Systems for the Individual Soldier (1995) / Chapter Skim
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Pages 82-84

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... Attention narrowing Limiting attention to only one object, class of objects, or sensory channel out of the full perceptual domain -- implies possible loss of valuable information. Built-in test equipment Computer-based devices that automatically conduct fault detection procedures.
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... For a dismounted soldier, it incorporates such specifics as the location of hostile elements relative to one's own position and the status of one's own equipment particularly weapons. Spatial disorientation Loss of the perception of one's bodily position in space in relation to some fixed reference object -- e."., the inability to distinguish up from down.
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Key Terms

  • aim line
  • eye relative
  • dismounted soldier
  • ocular orientation
  • automatically conduct

  • incoming information
  • process incoming
  • visual field
  • physical center
  • fixed reference

  • actions follow
  • hostile elements
  • perceived volume
  • own equipment
  • response demands

  • condition whereby
  • sensory channel
  • conduct fault
  • upper limit
  • field elicit

  • elements relative
  • fault detection
  • detection procedures
  • bodily position
  • elicit attention

  • equipment particularly
  • own position
  • particularly weapons
  • useful conclusions
  • demands relative


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