The role of eye movements in the size-speed illusion of approaching trains

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 86, Issue , 2016, Pages 146-154

  Clark, Helen E ^a   Perrone, John A ^a   Isler, Robert B ^a   Charlton, Samuel G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Eye movements; Level crossing collisions; Motion perception; Size speed illusion; Speed perception

Indexed keywords

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; RAILROAD CROSSINGS; SPEED;

COMPUTER DISPLAY; LEVEL CROSSING; MOTION PERCEPTION; MOVEMENT BEHAVIOUR; MOVING VEHICLES; RECENT RESEARCHES; SIZE-SPEED ILLUSION; SPEED DIFFERENCE;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; NEW ZEALAND; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RAILWAY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VISUAL ILLUSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTION PERCEPTION; NEW ZEALAND; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; RAILROADS; SIZE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84946607247     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2015.10.028     Document Type: Article

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