The effects of Visual Clutter and Perceptual Speed in high-pressured information environments on the performance of tactical systems operators in the

潜艇战术系统操作员需要在高压、复杂的信息环境中工作，在这些环境中，他们会受到大量视觉数据的轰炸。然而，当太多的视觉刺激存在时，杂乱的现象会降低个体在许多任务中的感知能力。这个博士项目旨在探索人们的搜索行为、表现和经验，根据任务的一致性对杂乱进行各种操作。此外，该项目将调查杂乱和感知速度之间的相互作用——人们感知刺激的准确性和速度的个体差异。因此，该项目将为未来水下作战空间应用和系统的设计提供信息，以帮助运营商提高效率和效能。

Submarine tactical systems operators are required to work in high pressured, complex information environments where they are bombarded with a multitude of visual data. However when too much visual stimuli is present, the phenomenon of clutter degrades an individual's perception in many tasks. This PhD Project aims to explore people's search behaviour, performance, and experience, given various manipulations of clutter depending on it's congruence to the task. Furthermore, the project will investigate the interaction between clutter and perceptual speed- an individual difference for how accurately and quickly people perceive stimuli. Consequently, the project will inform on how future underwater battlespace applications and systems are designed to help the operator be more efficient and effectiveness.