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2074112

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-15
pubmed:abstractText
The visibility distances for young, middle-aged, and elderly observers of text and icon versions of four different highway signs were compared under day and dusk lighting conditions. No age differences were observed. Icon signs, however, were visible at much greater distances than were text signs for all three age groups, a difference that was more pronounced under dusk conditions. There were no age differences in the comprehension of icon signs, but there was considerable variability from one icon sign to another in the degree to which they were comprehended. Acuity was found to be a better predictor of the visibility distance of text signs in both day and dusk conditions than it was of icon signs. To the degree that they are comprehended, icon signs appear to offer drivers of all ages almost twice as much time in which to respond to them.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0018-7208
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
32
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
609-19
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Visibility distance of highway signs among young, middle-aged, and older observers: icons are better than text.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article