Professor Judy Edworthy
Profiles

Professor Judy Edworthy

Emeritus Professor

School of Psychology (Faculty of Health)

Professor Judy Edworthy can be contacted through arrangement with our Press Office, to speak to the media on these areas of expertise.
  • Auditory perception
  • Human factors and ergonomics
  • Cognitive psychology of music
  • Applied psychology
Biography

Biography

Judy Edworthy is Professor of Applied Psychology. Her two main areas of research interest are the applied cognitive psychology of sound and the psychology of music. In terms of the applied cognitive psychology of sound, her main interest is in the design, application and underlying theory surrounding the use of alarms in both everyday environments and specific high-workload applications. Here, she carries out both research and commercial design work. Her second area of research is in the cognitive psychology of music, and her current interest lies in the aesthetics of popular song, particularly the impact of complexity, repetition, and song structure on the enjoyment of popular song. She also has interests and publications in the psychology of visual warnings.

She has been a member of several alarms standards committees, has been Chair of the Team 2 ('Noise and Communication) of the International Congress on the Biological Effects of Noise. She has served as Associate Editor for Ergonomics, as well as being on the editorial board, has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied and is currently on the editorial board of Human Factors. She is also a member of the EPSRC's peer review college.

She has attracted research funding from a range of bodies including the EPSRC, the ESRC, the MRC, the HSE, the DTI, Qinetic, the Laboratory of the Government Chemist, the Rail Safety and Standards Board, the NHS, and carries out alarm design work from time to time for both public and private sector organisations.

Roles on external bodies

Current

Member of editorial board, Human Factors, 2009-present

Member of peer review panel, EPSRC, 2002 onwards

Member, alarms committee, US American Association of Medical Instrumentation

Member, BSI IST/35 Health Informatics Technical Committee

Ad hoc reviewer for additional journals including, Perception & Psychophysics, Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Acta Psychologica, Anesthesia and Analgesia, Applied Ergonomics, Ergonomics, Biomedical Instrumentation and Technology, Applied Cognitive Psychology, Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, International Journal of Accounting Information Systems and others

Previous

Editor-in-chief for two special issues of Ergonomics, one on warnings (1995) and one on Patient Safety (2006)

Member of editorial board, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2005-2011

Member of editorial board, Ergonomics, 1993-5 and 2000-2005

Associate editor (action editor), Ergonomics, 1995-2000

Chair, Team 2 (Noise and Communication), International Commission on the Biological Effects of Noise, 2003-2008

Invited speaker, Cabinet Office (Civil Contingencies Secretariat), 2009

Invited contribution to BPS feedback to the Royal Society Inquiry on ‘Detection and Decontamination of Biological and Chemical Weapons’ as a warnings expert (2003)

Keynote speaker at the 7th International Congress of the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Noise (ICBEN), Sydney, 1998

Member, BSI Health Care Committee 16 ‘Medical alarms’

Member, BSI panel PSM/39/3 ‘Danger signals in noisy workplaces’

Member of ESRC Case Award review panel, 2006-9

Teaching

Teaching

Teaching interests

  • Human Factors and Ergonomics *
  • Auditory Perception *
  • Cognitive Psychology of Music *
  • Applied Psychology

Staff serving as external examiners

PhD, University of Cardiff, 2011

External examiner, BSc Psychology and Design, Institute of Art and Design Technology, Dun Laoghaie, 2008-10

PhD, University of Delft, 2007

PhD, Oxford University, 2006

PhD, Bristol University, 2006

PhD, Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, 2002

PhD, University of York, 2000 & 2002

Research

Research

Research interests

  • The design, application and implementation of auditory warnings, monitoring signals, warning labels and signs *
  • The cognitive representation of sound, particularly warning sounds *
  • The perceived urgency of sound, and its theoretical and biological basis *
  • Human Factors in alarm systems *
  • The modelling of warning compliance *
  • Human performance and safety in complex tasks*
  • Psychophysics and scaling *
  • The cognitive representation of music *
  • Musical aesthetics *
  • Group processes in engineering design *
  • The postgraduate experience

Research groups

Research degrees awarded to supervised students

Elizabeth Hellier, PhD, 1991

Sarah Loxley, MPhil, 1991

Christina Meredith, PhD, 1995

Susannah Browne, MPhil, 1995

Helen Harris, PhD, 2004

Kirsteen Aldrich, PhD, 2005

Brahim Hamidcharef, PhD, 2005

Alexandra Costello, 2009

Elizabeth Gabe-Thomas, 2012

Grants & contracts

Awards since 2000:

2009-10 ESRC: ‘Understanding the psychology of the interplay between simplicity and complexity in popular song'. fEC £100k

 2009-10 NHS Connecting for Health: ‘Efficacy of prompts and alerts in eprescribing’ £80k

 2008-9 Rail Safety & Standards Board Alarms and alerts guidance and evaluation tool sound library     £19k

 2008-9 Home Office/Cabinet Office: ‘Evaluating the Application of Evidence-Based Guidance to the Design of Emergency Communication Literature’ £63k

 2006-8 Home Office/Cabinet Office: ‘Factors influencing information spread and reliability’ £292k

 2006-7 NHS Connecting for Health: ‘Best practice recommendations for applying clinical decision support (CDS) at the point of prescribing’ £20k

 2005-6 Rail Safety Standards Board: ‘Human Factors Guide to Managing Alarms and Alerts in the Rail Industry’ £140k

 2003-4 MRC/EPSRC/ESRC Patient Safety Network: ‘Adaptive Systems and Tailored Information’ £40k

 2000-1 HSE/MAFF/DTI: The effectiveness of pesticide labelling £74k

 1999-2000 EPSRC: ‘Behavioural responses to speech and non-speech warnings’ £150k

 2000  Laboratory of the Government Chemist: ‘The Human Factors in Analytical Measurement’, £10k

Publications

Publications

Key publications

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Bruder AL, Rothwell CD, Fuhr LI, Shotwell MS, Edworthy JR & Schlesinger JJ (2021) 'The Influence of Audible Alarm Loudness and Type on Clinical Multitasking' Journal of Medical Systems 46, (1) , DOI
Edworthy JR, Parker CJ & Martin EV (2021) 'Discriminating between simultaneous audible alarms is easier with auditory icons' Applied Ergonomics 99, 103609-103609 , DOI
Yunus J, Ifeachor E & Edworthy JE (2020) 'Improving Alarm Response in ICU/CCU' International Journal of Simulation Systems Science & Technology , DOI
Bolton M, Zheng XI, Meng L, Edworthy J & Boyd A (2019) 'An Experimental Validation of Masking in IEC 60601-1-8:2006-compliant Alarm Sounds' Human Factors: the journal of the human factors and ergonomics societ , DOI Open access
Edworthy J, Bennett C, Dudaryk R, Crenshaw N & McNeer R (2019) 'Recommendation of New Medical Alarms based on Audibility, Identifiability, and Detectability in a Randomized, Simulation-Based Study' Critical Care Medicine 47, (8) , DOI Open access
McDougall S, Edworthy J, Sinimeri D, Goodliffe J, Bradley D & Foster J (2019) 'Searching for meaning in sound: Learning and interpreting alarm signals in visual environments' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 26, (1) 89-107 , DOI Open access
Sheffer J, Cvach M, Edworthy JR & Patterson ES (2018) '<i>A Roundtable Discussion</i> : Improving the ‘Alarm Problem’ Will Require Much More Than Just Reducing the Number of Alarms' Biomedical Instrumentation &amp; Technology 52, (6) 454-461 , DOI
Özcan E, Birdja D & Edworthy JR (2018) 'A Holistic and Collaborative Approach to Audible Alarm Design' Biomedical Instrumentation &amp; Technology 52, (6) 422-432 , DOI
Schotanus Y, Koops V & Edworthy J (2018) 'Interaction between Musical and Poetic Form Affects Song Popularity: The Case of the Genevan Psalter' Psychomusicology: Music, Mind and Brain 28, (3) 127-151 , DOI Open access
Edworthy J, McNeer R, Bennett C, Dudaryk R, McDougall S, Schlesinger J, Bolton M, Reed Edworthy J, Özcan Vieira E & Boyd A (2018) 'Getting alarm sounds into a global standard: A cases study with reflections' Ergonomics in Design , DOI Open access
Edworthy J, McNeer RR, Bennett CL, Dudaryk R, McDougall SJP, Schlesinger JJ, Bolton ML, Edworthy JDR, Özcan E & Boyd AD (2018) 'Getting Better Hospital Alarm Sounds Into a Global Standard' Ergonomics in Design , DOI Open access
Bolton ML, Edworthy J, Boyd AD, Wei J & Zheng X (2018) 'A computationally efficient formal method for discovering simutlaneous masking in medical alarms' Applied Acoustics 141, 403-415 , DOI Open access
Edworthy JR & DeLucia PR (2018) 'Whither Replication?' Human Factors: The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 60, (6) 741-742 , DOI
Mcneer R, Bodzin Horn D, Bennett C, Edworthy J & Dudaryk R (2018) 'Auditory icon alarms are more accurately and quickly identified than standard melodic alarms in a simulated clinical setting' Anesthesiology Open access
Schlesinger, JJ, Baum SH, Nash K, Bruce M, Ashmead D, Shotwell MS, Wallace MT, Weinger MB & Edworthy J (2018) 'Acoustic features of auditory medical alarms - an experimental study of alarm volume' Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 143, (6) , DOI Open access
Edworthy J, Reid S, Peel K, Lock S, Williams J, Newbury C, Foster J & Farrington M (2018) 'The Impact of Workload on the Ability to Localize Auditory Alarms' Applied Ergonomics Open access
Edworthy J, Reid S, McDougall S, Edworthy J, Hall S, Bennett D, Khan J & Pye E (2017) 'The Recognizability and Localizability of Auditory Alarms: Setting Global Medical Device Standards' Human Factors 59, (7) 1108-1127 , DOI Open access
Hitchins CR, Metzner M, Edworthy J & Ward C (2017) 'Non-technical skills and gastrointestinal endoscopy: a review of the literature' Frontline Gastroenterology 9, (2) 129-134 , DOI
Edworthy JR, Schlesinger JJ, McNeer RR, Kristensen MS & Bennett CL (2017) 'Classifying Alarms: Seeking Durability, Credibility, Consistency, and Simplicity' Biomedical Instrumentation & Technology 51, (s2) 50-57 , DOI Open access
Edworthy J, Kristensen M & Ozcan E (2016) 'Alarm fatigue in the ward' Sound Effects 6, (1) 88-104 , DOI Open access
Hasanain B, Boyd AD, Edworthy J & Bolton ML (2016) 'A formal approach to discovering simultaneous additive masking between auditory medical alarms' Applied Ergonomics 58, 500-514 , DOI Open access
Edworthy JR & Edworthy JD (2015) 'Audible medical alarms' Anaesthesia 70, (10) 1215-1215 , DOI
Brown Z, Edworthy J, Sneyd JR & Schlesinger J (2015) 'A comparison of linear and logarithmic auditory tones in pulse oximeters' Applied Ergonomics 51, 350-357 , DOI Open access
Edworthy J, Hellier E, Newbold L & Titchener K (2015) 'Passing crisis and emergency risk communications: the effects of communication channel, information type, and repetition' Appl Ergon 48, 252-262 Author Site , DOI Open access
Hellier E, Edworthy J, Newbold L, Titchener K, Tucker M & Gabe-Thomas E (2014) 'Evaluating the application of research-based guidance to the design of an emergency preparedness leaflet' Appl Ergon 45, (5) 1320-1329 Author Site , DOI Open access
Edworthy J, Page R, Hibbard A, Kyle S, Ratnage P & Claydon S (2014) 'Learning three sets of alarms for the same medical functions: a perspective on the difficulty of learning alarms specified in an international standard' Appl Ergon 45, (5) 1291-1296 Author Site , DOI
Guardia-Labar LM, Scruth EA, Edworthy J, Foss-Durant AM & Burgoon DH (2014) 'Alarm fatigue: the human-system interface' Clin Nurse Spec 28, (3) 135-137 Author Site , DOI
Guardia-LaBar LM, Scruth EA, Edworthy J, Foss-Durant AM & Burgoon DH (2014) 'Alarm Fatigue The Human-System Interface' CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST 28, (3) 135-137 , DOI
Edworthy J (2013) 'Alarms are still a problem!' Anaesthesia 68, (8) 791-794 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J (2013) 'Medical audible alarms: a review' J Am Med Inform Assoc 20, (3) 584-589 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J, Meredith C, Hellier E & Rose D (2013) 'Learning medical alarms whilst performing other tasks' Ergonomics 56, (9) 1400-1417 Author Site , DOI Open access
Rolison JJ, Edworthy J & Edworthy J (2012) 'THE ROLE OF FORMAL STRUCTURE IN LIKING FOR POPULAR MUSIC' MUSIC PERCEPTION 29, (3) 269-284 Author Site , DOI
Hellier E, Tucker M, Newbold L, Edworthy J, Griffin J & Coulson N (2012) 'The effects of label design characteristics on perceptions of genetically modified food' JOURNAL OF RISK RESEARCH 15, (5) 533-545 , DOI Open access
Edworthy J (2011) 'The role of formal structure in liking for popular music' Music Perception 3, (29) 269-284 , DOI
Hellier E, Naweed A, Walker G, Husband P & Edworthy J (2011) 'The influence of auditory feedback on speed choice, violations and comfort in a driving simulation game' TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR 14, (6) 591-599 , DOI Open access
Edworthy J (2011) 'Designing effective alarm sounds' Biomed Instrum Technol 45, (4) 290-294 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J, Hellier E, Titchener K, Naweed A & Roels R (2011) 'Heterogeneity in auditory alarm sets makes them easier to learn' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS 41, (2) 136-146 , DOI Open access
Hellier E, Tucker M, Kenny N, Rowntree A & Edworthy J (2010) 'Merits of using color and shape differentiation to improve the speed and accuracy of drug strength identification on over-the-counter medicines by laypeople' J Patient Saf 6, (3) 158-164 Author Site , DOI Open access
Phansalkar S, Edworthy J, Hellier E, Seger DL, Schedlbauer A, Avery AJ & Bates DW (2010) 'A review of human factors principles for the design and implementation of medication safety alerts in clinical information systems' J Am Med Inform Assoc 17, (5) 493-501 Author Site , DOI Open access
Hellier E, Tucker M, Kenny N, Rowntree A & Edworthy J (2010) 'The relative merits of color and shape coding for improving the speed and accuracy of drug strength identification' Journal of Patient Safety 3, (6) 158-164 Open access
Aldrich KM, Hellier EJ & Edworthy J (2009) 'What determines auditory similarity? The effect of stimulus group and methodology' Q J Exp Psychol (Hove) 62, (1) 63-83 Author Site , DOI Open access
Hellier E, Aldrich K, Wright DB, Daunt D & Edworthy J (2007) 'A multi dimensional analysis of warning signal words' Journal of Risk Research 10, (3) 323-338
Noyes JM, Hellier E & Edworthy J (2006) 'Speech warnings: a review' Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science 7, (6) 551-571 , DOI
Edworthy J & Hellier E (2006) 'Alarms and human behaviour: implications for medical alarms' British Journal of Anaesthesia 97, (1) 12-17
Hellier E, Edworthy J, Derbyshire N & Costello A (2006) 'Considering the impact of medicine label design characteristics on patient safety' Ergonomics 49, (5-6) 617-630
Edworthy J, Hignett S & Hellier E (2006) 'Patient safety' Ergonomics 49, (5-6) 439-443
Noyes J, Hellier E & Edworthy J (2006) 'Speech Warnings: A review and future directions' Theoretical Issues in Ergonomic Science 7, (6) 551-571
Edworthy J & Waring H (2006) 'The effects of music tempo and loudness level on treadmill exercise' Ergonomics 49, (15) 1597-1610
Edworthy J & Hellier E (2005) 'Fewer but better auditory alarms will improve patient safety' Quality & Safety in Health Care 14, (3) 212-215
(2004) 'Designing trend-monitoring sounds for helicopters: methodological issues and an application' Journal of experimental psychology. Applied 10, (4) 203-218
Hellier EJ, Aldrich K, Loxley SL & Edworthy J (2004) 'Designing helicopter trend monitoring sounds: Methodological issues and an application' Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied 10, (4) 203-218
Edworthy J, Hellier E, Aldrich K & Loxley S (2004) 'Designing trend-monitoring sounds for helicopters: Methodological issues and an application' Journal of Experimental Psychology-Applied 10, (4) 203-218
Edworthy J, Hellier E, Morley N, Grey C, Aldrich K & Lee A (2004) 'Linguistic and location effects in compliance with pesticide warning labels for amateur and professional users' Human Factors 46, (1) 11-31
Edworthy J, Hellier E, Walters K, Clift-Mathews W & Crowther M (2003) 'Acoustic, semantic and phonetic influences in spoken warning signal words' Applied Cognitive Psychology 17, (8) 915-933
Edworthy J, Hellier E & Rivers G (2003) 'Males vs Female voices in speech communication' Noise and Health 6, (21) 39-50
Hellier EJ, Rivers J & Edworthy J (2003) 'The use of male or female voices in warnings systems: A question of acoustics' Noise and Health 6, (21) 39-50
Edworthy J (2002) 'Music and emotion: Theory and research' Perception 31, (7) 895-896
Hellier E & Edworthy J (2002) 'Subjective rating scales: scientific measures of perceived urgency?' Ergonomics 45, (14) 1011-1014
Hellier E, Edworthy J, Weedon B, Walters K & Adams A (2002) 'The perceived urgency of speech warnings: Semantics versus acoustics' Human Factors 44, (1) 1-17
Hellier E, Edworthy J & Lee A (2001) 'An analysis of Human Error in Analytical Measurement in Chemistry' International Journal of Cognitive Ergonomics 5, (4) 445-458
HELLIER E, WRIGHT DB & EDWORTHY J (2000) 'Investigating the perceived hazard of warning signal words' Risk Decision and Policy 5, (1) 39-48 , DOI
Hellier E, Wright D & Edworthy J (2000) 'Investigating the Perceived Hazard of Warning Signal Words' Risk Decision & Policy (5) 39-48
Hellier E, Wright DB, Edworthy J & Newstead S (2000) 'On the stability of the arousal strength of warning signal words' APPLIED COGNITIVE PSYCHOLOGY 14, (6) 577-592
Edworthy J & Hellier E (2000) 'Auditory warnings in noisy environments' Noise Health 2, (6) 27-40 Author Site
Hellier E & Edworthy J (1999) 'On using psychophysical techniques to achieve urgency mapping in auditory warnings' Appl Ergon 30, (2) 167-171 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J & Hards R (1999) 'Learning auditory warnings: The effects of sound type verbal labelling and imagery on the identification of alarm sounds' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL ERGONOMICS 24, (6) 603-618 , DOI
Giles CS, Edworthy J, Brown RDH & Davies C (1998) 'ITU alarm confusion - A smart solution' IEE Colloquium (Digest) (432)
Edworthy J (1998) 'What makes a good alarm?' IEE Colloquium (Digest) (432)
Stanton N & Edworthy J (1998) 'Auditory affordances in the intensive treatment unit' Appl Ergon 29, (5) 389-394 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J (1998) 'Does sound help us to work better with machines? A commentary on Rauterberg's paper 'About the importance of auditory alarms during the operation of a plant simulator'' INTERACTING WITH COMPUTERS 10, (4) 401-409
Edworthy J (1997) 'Noise and its effects on people: an overview' International Journal of Environmental Studies 51, (4) 335-344 , DOI
Life MA, Barber P & Edworthy J (1996) 'Back to the future: cognitive ergonomics six years on' Ergonomics 39, (3) 341-344 Author Site , DOI
Haas EC & Edworthy J (1996) 'Designing urgency into auditory warnings using pitch, speed and loudness' COMPUTING & CONTROL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 7, (4) 193-198 , DOI
Edworthy J & Stanton N (1995) 'A user-centred approach to the design and evaluation of auditory warning signals: 1. Methodology' Ergonomics 38, (11) 2262-2280 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J, Hellier E & Hards R (1995) 'The semantic associations of acoustic parameters commonly used in the design of auditory information and warning signals' Ergonomics 38, (11) 2341-2361 Author Site , DOI
ADAMS AS & EDWORTHY J (1995) 'QUANTIFYING AND PREDICTING THE EFFECTS OF BASIC TEXT DISPLAY VARIABLES ON THE PERCEIVED URGENCY OF WARNING LABELS - TRADEOFFS INVOLVING FONT SIZE, BORDER WEIGHT AND COLOR' ERGONOMICS 38, (11) 2221-2237 , DOI
EDWORTHY J, STANTON N & HELLIER E (1995) 'WARNINGS IN RESEARCH AND PRACTICE' ERGONOMICS 38, (11) 2145-2154 , DOI
HELLIER E, EDWORTHY J & DENNIS I (1995) 'A COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES FOR SCALING PERCEIVED URGENCY' ERGONOMICS 38, (4) 659-670 , DOI
Meredith C & Edworthy J (1995) 'Are there too many alarms in the intensive care unit? An overview of the problems' J Adv Nurs 21, (1) 15-20 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J & Meredith CS (1994) 'Cognitive psychology and the design of alarm sounds' Med Eng Phys 16, (6) 445-449 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J (1994) 'The design and implementation of non-verbal auditory warnings' Appl Ergon 25, (4) 202-210 Author Site , DOI
Hellier EJ, Edworthy J & Dennis I (1993) 'Improving auditory warning design: quantifying and predicting the effects of different warning parameters on perceived urgency' Hum Factors 35, (4) 693-706 Author Site , DOI
Edworthy J, Loxley S & Dennis I (1991) 'Improving auditory warning design: relationship between warning sound parameters and perceived urgency' Hum Factors 33, (2) 205-231 Author Site , DOI
EDWORTHY J (1985) 'INTERVAL AND CONTOUR IN MELODY PROCESSING' MUSIC PERCEPTION 2, (3) 375-388
EDWORTHY J (1983) 'ENCODING DIFFERENT LEVELS OF RELATIONSHIP IN MELODIES' BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 36, (MAY) A54-A54
EDWORTHY J (1983) 'THE ROLE OF PITCH-INTERVAL AND CONTOUR IN MELODY COMPREHENSION' BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 36, (NOV) A121-A121
Sloboda J & Edworthy J (1981) 'Attending To Two Melodies At Once: the of Key Relatedness' Psychology of Music 9, (1) 39-43 , DOI
Reviews
EDWORTHY J (1987) 'COGNITIVE-PROCESSES IN THE PERCEPTION OF ART - CROZIER,WR, CHAPMAN,AJ' CURRENT PSYCHOLOGY-RESEARCH & REVIEWS 5, (4) 399-401
EDWORTHY J (1983) 'THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MUSICAL ABILITY - SHUTERDYSON,R, GABRIEL,C' BRITISH JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY 22, (SEP) 267-268
Letters
EDWORTHY J (1983) 'LATE ARRIVAL OF THE BULLETIN' BULLETIN OF THE BRITISH PSYCHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 36, (JUN) 219-219
Books
Haas EC & Edworthy J (2003) The Ergonomics of Sound. Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Santa Monica
Chapters
Sousa B, Donati A, Özcan E, van Egmond R, Jansen R, Edworthy J, Peldszus R & Voumard Y (2017) 'Designing and Deploying Meaningful Auditory Alarms for Control Systems' Space Operations: Contributions from the Global Community Springer International Publishing 255-270 , DOI
Hellier E & Edworthy J (2006) 'Chapter 14 An introduction to auditory warnings and alarms' in Wogalter M Handbook of Warnings Lawrence Erlbaum 189-198
Hellier E & Edworthy J (2006) 'Chapter 15 Complex auditory signals and speech' in Wogalter M Handbook of Warnings Lawrence Erlbaum 199-220
Hellier E & Edworthy J (2006) 'Chapter 30 Signal Words' in Wogalter M Handbook of Warnings Lawrence Erlbaum 407-418
Walters K, Hellier EJ, Weedon B & Edworthy J (2003) 'Comparing speech and nonspeech warnings' in Haas EC; Edworthy J The Ergonomics of Sound Human Factors and Ergonomics Society: Santa Monica, CA 60-63
Edworthy J (2003) 'Medical device alarms: equipment- or patient-centred?' in Haas EC; Edworthy J The Ergonomics of Sound Human Factors and Erognomics Society: Santa Monica, CA 56-59
Weedon B, Hellier EJ, Walters K & Edworthy J (2003) 'Perceived urgency in speech warnings' in Haas EC; Edworthy J The Ergonomics of Sound Human Factors and Erognomics Society: Santa Monica, CA 72-75
Weedon B, Edworthy J, Walters K & Edworthy J (2003) 'Using psychophysics to design speech warnings' in Haas EC; Edworthy J The Ergonomics of Sound Human Factors and Erognomics Society: Santa Monica, CA 64-67
Costello A, Hellier E, Edworthy J & Coulson N (2002) 'Can food label design characteristics affect perceptions of genetically modified food?' in McCabe P Contemporary Ergonomics Taylor & Francis 442-446
Edworthy J, Hellier E, Lambell N, Grey C, Aldrich K & Lee A (2002) 'Linguistic and location effects in compliance to pesticide warning labels' in de Waard D; Brookhuis C; Weikert C; Toffetti A Human Factors in Transportation, Communication, Health & the Workplace Shaker Publishing 435-444
Thorley P, Hellier E & Edworthy J (2002) 'Orienting response reinstatement in verbally and pictorially based visual warnings' in McCabe P Contemporary Ergonomics Taylor & Francis 447-452
Thorley P, Hellier E & Edworthy J (2001) 'Habituation effects in visual warnings' in Hanson M Contemporary Ergonomics 223-228
Conference Papers
Edworthy J, Mcneer R, Bennett C & Dudaryk R (2018) 'Updating an International Medical Device Standard: A Process for Audible Alarms' Human Factors and Ergonomics Society HealthCare Symposium 2018 Boston, MA 3-/-0/20183-/-0/2018, DOI Open access
McNeer R, Dudaryk R, Bennett CL, Edworthy J & Horn DB (2017) 'The Aggregate Performance of Novel Auditory 'Icon' Alarms in a Simulated Intensive Care Unit Environment' 1188-1191
McNeer R, Bennett CL, Horn DB, Edworthy J & Dudaryk R (2017) 'Use of Ordinal Regression Analysis for Assessing and Comparing Individual Alarm Performance in a Simulated Intensive Care Unit Environment' 1120-1122
Edworthy J & Baldwin C (2016) 'Medical Audible Alarms and IEC 60601-1-8' SAGE Publications 634-635 , DOI
Bolton ML, Hasanain B, Boyde AD & Edworthy J (2016) 'Using Model Checking to Detect Masking in IEC 60601-1-8-compliant Alarm Configurations' SAGE Publications 636-640 , DOI
Edworthy J, Reid S, McDougall S, Edworthy J & Hall S (2016) 'The Design and Testing of Novel IEC 60601-1-8 Audible Alarms' SAGE Publications 641-642 , DOI
Teixeira De Sousa B, Donati A, Özcan E, van Egmond R, Edworthy J, Jansen R, Kristensen M, Peldszus R & Voumard Y (2016) 'Designing and deploying meaningful audio alarms for control systems' SpaceOps 2016 Conference American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics , DOI
Sousa B, Donati A, Özcan E, Van Egmond R, Jansen R, Edworthy J, Peldszus R & Voumard Y (2016) 'Designing and deploying meaningful auditory alarms for control systems' , DOI
Thangavelu S, Yunus J, Ifeachor E, Chinna K & Edworthy J (2015) 'Responding to Clinical Alarms: A Challenge to Users in ICU/CCU' 2015 6th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Modelling and Simulation (ISMS) 2-/-0/20152-/-0/2015IEEE , DOI
Thangavelu SD, Ifeachor E, Edworthy J, Yunus J & Chinna K (2014) 'Challenges and recommendation of clinical alarm system in intensive care units from user perspective' 2014 IEEE Region 10 Symposium 4-/-0/20144-/-0/2014IEEE , DOI
Edworthy J (2011) 'The perceptual and cognitive aspects of warning sound design' 242-247
Pennie D, Leach P, Cash B, Berman J, Wicksman R, Fleteher D & Edworthy J (2010) 'DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING ALARMS AND ALERTS GUIDANCE FOR THE RAIL INDUSTRY' 563-571
Hellier E & Edworthy J (2009) 'Altering the urgency of auditory warnings: An experimental study' 214-217
Thorley P, Hellier E, Edworthy J & Stephenson D (2009) 'Orienting response reinstatement in text and pictorial warnings' 520-524
Costello A, Hellier E & Edworthy J (2005) 'Can the wording of GM labels affect perceptions of GM foods?' 635-639
Edworthy J, Hellier E & Catchpole K (2005) 'The alarming state of medical warnings: Problems and solutions' 256-259
Costello A, Hellier EJ & Edworthy J (2003) 'GM food labels - does shape matter?' in McCabe PT Contemporary Ergonomics 2003, Taylor & Francis. London 507-512
Costello AJ, Hellier EJ & Edworthy J (2003) 'GM informational labels - Does shape matter?' 507-512
Hellier EJ & Edworthy J (2003) 'Urgency in speech warnings' in de Jong RG; Houtgast T; Fransten EAM; Hofman WF Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Noise as a Public Health Problem, Foundation ICBEN. Schiedam, The Netherlands 65-69
Edworthy J (2000) 'An Integrative Approach to Warnings Research' SAGE Publications 770-773 , DOI
Edworthy J, Walters K, Hellier E & Weedon B (2000) 'Comparing Speech and Nonspeech Warnings' SAGE Publications 746-749 , DOI
Edworthy J & Dale S (2000) 'Extending Knowledge of the Effects of Social Influence in Warning Compliance' SAGE Publications 107-110 , DOI
Edworthy J (2000) 'Medical Device Alarms: Equipment-Or Patient-Centered?' SAGE Publications 542-545 , DOI
Weedon B, Hellier E, Edworthy J & Walters K (2000) 'Perceived Urgency in Speech Warnings' SAGE Publications 690-693 , DOI
Edworthy J, Hellier E, Walters K, Weedon B & Adams A (2000) 'The Relationship between Task Performance, Reaction Time, and Perceived Urgency in Nonverbal Auditory Warnings' SAGE Publications 674-677 , DOI
Hellier E, Weedon B, Edworthy J & Walters K (2000) 'Using Psychophysics to Design Speech Warnings' SAGE Publications 698-701 , DOI
Reid F, Reed S & Edworthy J (1998) 'Creative collaboration in engineering design teams' 258-262
Edworthy J, Clift-Matthews W & Crowther M (1998) 'Listeners' understanding of warning signal words' 316-320
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