Citation

Moray N. Acta Psychol. 1967; 27: 84-92.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1967, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0001-6918(67)90048-0

PMID

6062244

Abstract

A model is presented for the limitations of processing information by the human operator which proposes that he acts not as a limited capacity channel with fixed capacity, but as a limited capacity processor. The total capacity of the brain can be allocated to the separate aspects of the tasks, such as reception, recording, emission, storing, etc. Hence from moment to moment the size of the ‘channel’ in the Shannon sense will appear to vary. In particular parallel processing is possible where the total capacity is not exceeded, and where there is high compatibility. Experimental evidence in support of the model is presented.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en