TY - JOUR
T1 - A meta-analysis of vibrotactile and visual information displays for improving task performance
AU - Prewett, Matthew S.
AU - Elliott, Linda R.
AU - Walvoord, Ashley G.
AU - Coovert, Michael D.
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Many studies have investigated the effect of vibrotactile cues on task performance, but a wide range of cue and task types have made findings difficult to interpret without a quantitative synthesis. This report addresses that need by reviewing the effectiveness of vibrotactile cues in a meta-analysis of 45 studies. When added to a baseline task or to existing visual cues, vibrotactile cues enhanced task performance. When vibrotactile cues replaced visual cues; however, some effects were attenuated and others moderated by cue information complexity. To summarize such moderating effects, vibrotactile alerts are an effective replacement for visual alerts, but vibrotactile direction cues are not effective when replacing visual direction cues. This meta-analysis of vibrotactile applications underscores the benefits of vibrotactile and multimodal displays, highlights conditions in which vibrotactile cues are particularly effective, and identifies areas in need of further investigation.
AB - Many studies have investigated the effect of vibrotactile cues on task performance, but a wide range of cue and task types have made findings difficult to interpret without a quantitative synthesis. This report addresses that need by reviewing the effectiveness of vibrotactile cues in a meta-analysis of 45 studies. When added to a baseline task or to existing visual cues, vibrotactile cues enhanced task performance. When vibrotactile cues replaced visual cues; however, some effects were attenuated and others moderated by cue information complexity. To summarize such moderating effects, vibrotactile alerts are an effective replacement for visual alerts, but vibrotactile direction cues are not effective when replacing visual direction cues. This meta-analysis of vibrotactile applications underscores the benefits of vibrotactile and multimodal displays, highlights conditions in which vibrotactile cues are particularly effective, and identifies areas in need of further investigation.
KW - Load management
KW - multimodal sensors
KW - performance evaluation
KW - tactile sensors
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84655170076&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TSMCC.2010.2103057
DO - 10.1109/TSMCC.2010.2103057
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84655170076
VL - 42
SP - 123
EP - 132
JO - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews
JF - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C: Applications and Reviews
SN - 1094-6977
IS - 1
M1 - 5710431
ER -