Can the conspicuity of objects be predicted from laboratory experiments?

Ergonomics

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 1986, Pages 1097-1111

  Hughes, Philip K ^a   Cole, Barry L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attention; Conspicuity; Driving; Search

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ADULT; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INJURY; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VISUAL SYSTEM;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HUMAN; RESEARCH DESIGN; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0022976558     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: 13665847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140138608967226     Document Type: Article

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