Effects of the viewing context on target detection. Implications for road lighting design

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 461-468

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

^a Gustave Eiffel University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Context; Road lighting design; Target detection; Visual performance

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; LIGHTING; LUMINANCE; ROADS AND STREETS; TARGET TRACKING; TRANSPORTATION;

COMPLEX BACKGROUND; CONTEXT; DETECTION PERFORMANCE; LABORATORY CONDITIONS; LUMINANCE CONTRAST; PERIPHERAL TARGETS; ROAD LIGHTING; VISUAL PERFORMANCE;

HIGHWAY PLANNING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ILLUMINATION; MALE; MESOPIC VISION; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NIGHT VISION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOPHYSICS; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISION; VISUAL MEMORY; VISUAL STIMULATION;

EID: 77649186876     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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