<p>Often, very similar phenomena have different names when studied in different modalities, because they are studied by different communities. That's why searching for <a href="http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=perception-response%20times%20auditory" rel="nofollow">perception response times + auditory</a> doesn't yield great results (Although I did find [1] this way).</p>

<p>Something else to try, is to pick a highly cited paper that you did find, and then search within paper citing it for relevant terms. I started from Olson's 2000 paper which you mentioned, and searched for "auditory" within citing papers, and quickly found [2] and [3]. </p>

<p>You can also look for other papers by the same authors - people tend to keep studying similar questions for a while, and often keep using the same methodologies.</p>

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<p>[1] Cheng, B., Hashimoto, M., &amp; Suetomi, T. (2002). Analysis of driver response to collision warning during car following. JSAE review, 23(2), 231-237.</p>

<p>[2] Fitch, G. M., Blanco, M., Morgan, J. F., &amp; Wharton, A. E. (2010, September). Driver braking performance to surprise and expected events. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 54, No. 24, pp. 2075-2080). SAGE Publications.</p>

<p>[3] Cao, Y., Mahr, A., Castronovo, S., Theune, M., Stahl, C., &amp; Müller, C. A. (2010, February). Local danger warnings for drivers: The effect of modality and level of assistance on driver reaction. In Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (pp. 239-248). ACM.</p>

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Yep, I found these too!  But they're focused on drivers who also have visual warnings, which is not particularly applicable.
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<p>I am working on a literature review of total reaction time to an auditory alert, in a transport context.  All of the literature I can find about perception-response times are in the context of visual obstacles while driving, but in this case I'm interested in perception-response times to auditory-only warning signals (and not specifically drivers).</p>

<p>These are the best sources on PRT I have found so far, all to visual stimuli:<br>
Olson, P.L. &amp; Sivak, M. (1986) Perception-response time to unexpected roadway hazards.   Human Factors, 28, 96-99.<br>
Olson, P., "Driver Perception Response Time," SAE Technical Paper 890731, 1989, doi:10.4271/890731.<br>
Summala, H. (2000). Brake Reaction Times and Driver Behavior Analysis. Transportation Human Factors, 2(3), 217-226.  </p>

<p>What are the equivalents examining perception-response time to auditory stimuli?</p>

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How do people respond to auditory warning signals?
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# How do people respond to auditory warning signals?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2014-09-16)

I am working on a literature review of total reaction time to an auditory alert, in a transport context. All of the literature I can find about perception-response times are in the context of visual obstacles while driving, but in this case I'm interested in perception-response times to auditory-only warning signals (and not specifically drivers).

These are the best sources on PRT I have found so far, all to visual stimuli:  
Olson, P.L. & Sivak, M. (1986) Perception-response time to unexpected roadway hazards. Human Factors, 28, 96-99.  
Olson, P., "Driver Perception Response Time," SAE Technical Paper 890731, 1989, doi:10.4271/890731.  
Summala, H. (2000). Brake Reaction Times and Driver Behavior Analysis. Transportation Human Factors, 2(3), 217-226.

What are the equivalents examining perception-response time to auditory stimuli?

**Tags:** perception, human-factors, reaction-time, hearing


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2014-09-18. Score: 3

Often, very similar phenomena have different names when studied in different modalities, because they are studied by different communities. That's why searching for [perception response times + auditory](http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=perception-response%20times%20auditory) doesn't yield great results (Although I did find [1] this way).

Something else to try, is to pick a highly cited paper that you did find, and then search within paper citing it for relevant terms. I started from Olson's 2000 paper which you mentioned, and searched for "auditory" within citing papers, and quickly found [2] and [3].

You can also look for other papers by the same authors - people tend to keep studying similar questions for a while, and often keep using the same methodologies.

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[1] Cheng, B., Hashimoto, M., & Suetomi, T. (2002). Analysis of driver response to collision warning during car following. JSAE review, 23(2), 231-237.

[2] Fitch, G. M., Blanco, M., Morgan, J. F., & Wharton, A. E. (2010, September). Driver braking performance to surprise and expected events. In Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting (Vol. 54, No. 24, pp. 2075-2080). SAGE Publications.

[3] Cao, Y., Mahr, A., Castronovo, S., Theune, M., Stahl, C., & Müller, C. A. (2010, February). Local danger warnings for drivers: The effect of modality and level of assistance on driver reaction. In Proceedings of the 15th international conference on Intelligent user interfaces (pp. 239-248). ACM.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: Yep, I found these too!  But they're focused on drivers who also have visual warnings, which is not particularly applicable.  

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