A test of the tau-dot hypothesis of braking control in the real world

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1479-1484

  Rock, Paul B ^a   Harris, Mike G ^a   Yates, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Braking control; Driving task; Ideal deceleration; Optic flow; Tau dot

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM; VISION;

ACCELERATION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845646364     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.32.6.1479     Document Type: Article

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