Fotios, S., Uttley, J. and Cheal, C. (2016) Maintaining foveal fixation during a peripheral detection task. Lighting Research & Technology, 48 (7). pp. 898-909. ISSN 1477-1535
Abstract
Using road lighting to improve the detection of potential hazards may contribute to reduced accident rates for pedestrians, drivers and other road users. In past studies carried out to measure peripheral detection, the test participant was instructed to maintain fixation on a target during presentation of the peripheral target, but these studies did not question the degree to which this fixation was maintained. We therefore used eye tracking to record fixations during a peripheral detection task and introduced a fixation task designed to encourage fixation. It was found that observers were good at maintaining foveal fixation and there was little benefit in introducing a fixation task although this might be of greater benefit if the peripheral field contains more interesting distractions.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers 2015 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (http://www.uk.sagepub.com/aboutus/openaccess.htm). |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > School of Architecture (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 13 May 2015 13:17 |
Last Modified: | 22 Nov 2016 16:00 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1477153515583710 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Sage |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1177/1477153515583710 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:86002 |
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