Kountouriotis, GK, Floyd, RC, Gardner, PH et al. (2 more authors) (2012) The role of gaze and road edge information during high-speed locomotion. Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance, 38 (3). 687 - 702. ISSN 0096-1523
Abstract
Robust control of skilled actions requires the flexible combination of multiple sources of information. Here we examined the role of gaze during high-speed locomotor steering and in particular the role of feedback from the visible road edges. Participants were required to maintain one of three lateral positions on the road when one or both edges were degraded (either by fading or removing them). Steering became increasingly impaired as road edge information was degraded, with gaze being predominantly directed toward the required road position. When either of the road edges were removed, we observed systematic shifts in steering and gaze direction dependent upon both the required road position and the visible edge. A second experiment required fixation on the road center or beyond the road edges. The results showed that the direction of gaze led to predictable steering biases, which increased as road edge information became degraded. A new steering model demonstrates that the direction of gaze and both road edges influence steering in a manner consistent with the flexible weighted combination of near road feedback information and prospective gaze information. (PsycINFO Database Record)
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | (c) 2012, APA. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Journal of Experimental Psychology. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Environment (Leeds) > Institute for Transport Studies (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 09 Jul 2014 15:17 |
Last Modified: | 16 Jan 2018 23:34 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0026123 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | American Psychological Association |
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