Traffic Signal Color Recognition Is a Problem for Both Protan and Deutan Color-Vision Deficients

Human Factors

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 495-503

  Atchison, David A ^a   Pedersen, Carol A ^a   Dain, Stephen J ^b   Wood, Joanne M ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN REACTION TIME; OBJECT RECOGNITION; TRAFFIC SIGNALS; VISION;

COLOR-VISION DEFICIENCY;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRIVER LICENCE; ERROR; EYE TRACKING; HUMAN; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; LIGHT; MALE; REACTION TIME; SIMULATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR PERCEPTION TESTS; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHT; MALE; PROBABILITY; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0345529909     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.45.3.495.27247     Document Type: Article

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