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Nada J Pavlovic1, Jocelyn Keillor, Justin G Hollands

  • 1Adversarial Intent Section, Defence Research and Development Canada, 1133 Sheppard Ave. W., P.O. Box 2000, Toronto, ON, Canada M3M 3B9. nada.pavlovic@drdc-rddc.gc.ca

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Congruent visual and auditory cues improve spatial task performance. Egocentric cues are more effective than exocentric ones, especially in complex environments like search and rescue operations.

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Area of Science:

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Spatial Cognition

Background:

  • Spatial auditory cues enhance performance when aligned with visual displays.
  • Reference frame (RF) congruency is crucial for auditory-visual facilitation.
  • Maintaining RF congruency is challenging in dynamic environments like airborne search and rescue (SAR).

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of visual display and auditory cue congruency on spatial task performance.
  • To evaluate the effectiveness of different reference frames (egocentric vs. exocentric) for auditory cues.
  • To inform display design for complex operational environments.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated airborne search and rescue (SAR) operation.
  • Participants performed target search, localization, and recall tasks.
  • Utilized a multi-modal interface with visual displays and auditory cues indicating target locations.

Main Results:

  • Congruent cues led to the fastest and most accurate performance.
  • Performance improved with incongruent cues compared to neutral cues.
  • Egocentric cues demonstrated greater effectiveness than exocentric cues.

Conclusions:

  • Congruent cues offer optimal performance, but egocentric cues are preferable when a single cue type is used across tasks.
  • Egocentric auditory cues are recommended for display design in tasks requiring reference frame transformations, such as SAR, air traffic control, and UAV operations.