Target detection and driving behaviour measurements in a driving simulator at mesopic light levels

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 264-280

  Alferdinck, Johan W A M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Driving behaviour; Driving simulator; Mesopic vision; RT; Traffic

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIGHTNESS; COLOR; DARKNESS; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; LUMINANCE; MALE; MESOPIC VISION; NIGHT; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOTOPIC VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPONSE TIME; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY; VISION; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REACTION TIME; RODS (RETINA); VISION;

EID: 33646700976     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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