Decision-Supported Visual Search: Effects of Direct and Indirect Cues on Performance and Attentional Mechanisms

Tobias Rieger, Linda Onnasch, Department of Psychology and Ergonomics, Psychology of Action and Automation, Technische Universität Berlin

Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Published online on July 15, 2026

Abstract

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ObjectiveTo investigate how different types of automated cues (direct versus indirect) of a decision support system (DSS) affect performance and attentional mechanisms in visual search.BackgroundVisual search tasks in safety- and health-critical domains ...