Low conspicuity of motorcycles for car drivers: Dominant role of bottom-up control of visual attention or deficit of top-down control?

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-25

  Rogé, Joceline ^a   Douissembekov, Evgueni ^a   Vienne, Fabrice ^a  

^a Cité des Mobilités   (France)

Author keywords

car driving simulator; cognitive conspicuity; color contrast; sensory conspicuity

Indexed keywords

CAR DRIVER; COLOR CONTRAST; CONSPICUITY; LOW VISIBILITY; MOTORCYCLE DETECTION; REAR-VIEW MIRRORS; ROAD SURFACES; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TRAINING METHODS; VISUAL ATTENTION;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BICYCLES; COLOR; ROADS AND STREETS; VISIBILITY;

MOTORCYCLES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COGNITION; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL FIELD;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; COGNITION; COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTORCYCLES; VISUAL FIELDS;

EID: 84856475246     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720811427033     Document Type: Article

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