Reaction times as an index of visual conspicuity when driving at night

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 409-415

  Plainis, S ^a,b   Murray, I J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conspicuity; Night driving; Reaction time; Road lighting; Stopping distances

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; HUMAN; ILLUMINATION; NIGHT VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; VISIBILITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY; ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARKNESS; PERCEPTIVE THRESHOLD; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STATISTICS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DARKNESS; HUMANS; LIGHTING; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; SENSORY THRESHOLDS;

EID: 0036726760     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00076.x     Document Type: Article

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