Effect of task and eccentricity of the target on detection thresholds in mesopic vision: Implications for road lighting

Human Factors

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 712-721

  Mayeur, Anaïs ^a   Brémond, Roland ^a   Bastien, J M Christian ^b  

^a Éclairage   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABERRATIONS; ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT TRACKING; LIGHTING; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ROADS AND STREETS; TARGETS;

CONTROL GROUP; DETECTION PERFORMANCES; DETECTION TASKS; DETECTION THRESHOLDS; EVENT DETECTION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; EXPERIMENTAL GROUP; FOVEAL VISION; IN PHASE; MESOPIC; MESOPIC VISION; PERIPHERAL DETECTION; PERIPHERAL DETECTION TASK; PERIPHERAL VISION; ROAD LIGHTING; ROADWAY LIGHTING; SMALL TARGETS; TARGET DETECTIONS; TASK LOAD;

TARGET TRACKING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERIPHERAL VISION; ROAD LIGHTING; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC; VISUAL THRESHOLD;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DARK ADAPTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIGHTING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 52049100616     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872008X312260     Document Type: Article

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