An accurate method for determining the conspicuity area associated with visual targets

Human Factors

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 774-784

  Pretorius, Linda L ^a   Hanekom, Johan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; VISUALIZATION;

ADAPTIVE PSYCHOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUE; ELLIPTICAL CONSPICUITY AREAS; RESPONSE TIME (RT) STUDIES;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RESPONSE TIME; SIGNAL DETECTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VALIDITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL TARGET;

ADULT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REACTION TIME; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33845926896     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872006779166370     Document Type: Article

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