Discrimination of vehicle speeds by stationary observers
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https://doi.org/10.34019/1982-1247.2020.v14.30399Abstract
The perception of movement is an object of study of psychophysics, however there are few studies in naturalistic situations or using real vehicles. We investigated how people perceive vehicle speed in natural situations. Static observers were asked to determine the speed of a real moving vehicle. The results showed accuracy in the estimates of vehicle speeds, regardless of the participant's gender and whether or not they are licensed. The exponent of the power-function associated with this dimension was 1.31, showing a tendency to overestimate with increasing physical speed, indicating that there is no linearity in the perception of vehicle speeds by static observers.
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Da Silva, J. A. & Macedo, L. (1982). A função-potência na percepção – significado e procedimentos de cálculo do expoente. Arquivo Brasileiro de Psicologia, 24(4), 27 – 45.
Dittrich, W. H. & Lea, S. (2001). Motion discrimination and recognition. In R. Cook (Ed.), Avian visual cognition [online]. Disponível em: www.pigeon.psy.tufts.edu/avc/dittrich/.
Goldstein, E. B. (2007). Perceiving motion. In E. B. Goldstein (Eds.), Sensation and Perception (pp. 177 – 200). Belmont: Wadsworth.
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Lappin, J. S.; Bell, H. H.; Harm, O. J. & Kottas, B. (1975).On the Relation Between Time and Space in the Visual Discrimination of Velocity. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 1(4), 383 – 394.
Milosevic, S. &Milic, J. (1990). Speed Perception in Road Curves. Journal of Safety Research, 21, 19 – 23.
Mors, P. M. (2008). Alguns comentários sobre a linguagem em livros de física básica. Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física, 30(2), 2101.
Nakayama, K. (1985). Biological image motion processing: a review. Vision Research, 25(5), 625 – 660.
Raghuram, A.; Lakshminarayanan, V. &Khanna, R. (2005).Psychophysical estimation of speed discrimination. II. Aging effects. Journal of the Optical Society of America, 22(10), 2269 – 2280.
Runeson, S. (1974).Constant Velocity – Not Perceived as Such. Psychology Research, 37, 3 – 23.
Schutz, A. C.; Billino, J.; Bodrogi, P.; Polin, D.; Khanh, T. Q. & Gegenfurtner, K. R. (2015). Robust Underestimation of Speed During Driving: A Field Study. Perception, 44(12), 1356 – 1370.
Scialfa, C. T.; Guzy, L. T.; Leibowitz, H. W.; Garvey, P. M. &Tyrrel, R. A. (1991). Age diferences in estimating vehicle velocity. Psychology and Aging, 6(1), 60 – 66.
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Wurtz, R. H. & Kandel, E. R. (2000).Central Visual Pathways. In E. C. Kandel. J. Schwartz & T. Jessel (Eds), Principles of Neural Science, (4 ed., pp. 523 – 547). New York: McGraw-Hill.
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2020-10-24
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