Attention-capturing properties of high frequency luminance flicker: Implications for brake light conspicuity

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 22-32

  Berg, William P ^a   Berglund, Eric D ^b   Strang, Adam J ^a   Baum, Matthew J ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Brake light; Conspicuity; Flicker; Reaction time

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BRAKES; COLLISION AVOIDANCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; VISION;

BRAKE LIGHT CONSPICUITY; BRAKE PEDALS; LUMINANCE; SIMULATED DRIVING TASK;

FLICKERING;

EID: 33750348694     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2006.03.006     Document Type: Article

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