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Underwater visibility and the recall of subsea marker panels.

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Underwater visibility and the recall of subsea marker panels. / Leach, J.; Morris, P. E.
In: Ergonomics, Vol. 36, No. 5, 1993, p. 569-578.

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Leach, J & Morris, PE 1993, 'Underwater visibility and the recall of subsea marker panels.', Ergonomics, vol. 36, no. 5, pp. 569-578. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139308967913

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Leach, J., & Morris, P. E. (1993). Underwater visibility and the recall of subsea marker panels. Ergonomics, 36(5), 569-578. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139308967913

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Leach J, Morris PE. Underwater visibility and the recall of subsea marker panels. Ergonomics. 1993;36(5):569-578. doi: 10.1080/00140139308967913

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Leach, J. ; Morris, P. E. / Underwater visibility and the recall of subsea marker panels. In: Ergonomics. 1993 ; Vol. 36, No. 5. pp. 569-578.

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abstract = "The identification and recall of subsea markers is a common task amongst offshore commercial divers. Two experiments explored the accuracy of reproduction of subsea marker panels by commercial divers and correlations with tests of embedded figures, memory-for-designs, spatial relations, dotted outlines, and block design. Trials were conducted in diving tanks and in open water. In the diving tanks 30% recall errors occurred and performance correlated r= 0·75 with the embedded figures test. In the open sea again 30% recall errors were found and performance was well predicted by the embedded figures test (r= 0·69). All other tests failed to predict performance when the effects of the embedded figures were removed.",
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