INTERINDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN DYNAMIC AND STATIC CONTRAST SENSITIVITY

This study concerns the interindividual relation between static and dynamic contrast sensitivity. The purpose was to examine if static tests could be used to predict interindividual differences in contrast sensitivity and also in a dynamic situation. The relations between the static contrast sensitivity and contrast sensitivity in different kinds of dynamic situations relevant for night driving were studied in four experiments. Correlations about 0.8 - 0.9 were obtained when the level of illumination was low. It was concluded that static tests could give relevant information also about interindividual differences in dynamic situations similar to those of night driving at least at lower levels of illumination.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • This report was sponsored by the Delegation for Medical Defence Research, Sweden and the Official Swedish Council on Road Safety Research, Stockholm.
• Corporate Authors:

  Uppsala University, Sweden

  Department of Psychology
  Uppsala,   Sweden  751 42
• Authors:
  • Marmolin, H
  • Rendahl, I
• Publication Date: 1974

Media Info

• Features: References; Tables;
• Pagination: 21 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Drivers; Driving; Dynamic tests; Light; Night; Night vision; Reaction time; Sensitivity; Static tests
• Uncontrolled Terms: Driver reaction; Driving conditions
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00098810
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Highway Safety Research Institute
• Report/Paper Numbers: No. 159
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 18 1975 12:00AM