Learning to control collisions: The role of perceptual attunement and action boundaries

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 300-313

  Fajen, Brett R ^a   Devaney, Michael C ^a  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collision avoidance; Optic flow; Perceptual learning; Time to contact; Visually guided action

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; LEARNING; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUE; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTENTION; AVOIDANCE LEARNING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTION PERCEPTION; PRACTICE (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REACTION TIME; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 33747197158     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.2.300     Document Type: Article

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