Table 3.
Average response times (in ms) in the visual search task of Study 5, with labels of different size featuring warnings of different size and located in different positions of the label, completed by Uruguayan adults (n 61) aged 18–53 years
| Label size | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | Levels of the variable | 45 cm2 | 152 cm2 |
| Warning size* | Small | 724a | 710b |
| Medium | 708a,b | 702a,b | |
| Big | 678b | 672a | |
| Warning position | Top left | 688b | 667c |
| Top right | 695b | 707a,b | |
| Bottom left | 693b | 734a | |
| Bottom right | 738a | 672b,c | |
a,b,cMean values for levels of a variable within a column with unlike superscript letters were significantly different according to Tukey’s test (P<0·05).
The size of the warnings varied with label size. For labels 45 cm2, warning size corresponded to 1·0 cm×1·0 cm (small), 1·5 cm×1·5 cm (medium) and 2·0 cm×2·0 cm (big). For labels of 152 cm2, warning size corresponded to 2·0 cm×2·0 cm (small), 2·5 cm×2·5 cm (medium) and 3·0 cm×3·0 cm (big).