POSSIBILITIES AND LIMITS OF HUMAN ABILITY TO PERCEIVE, PROCESS AND REMEMBER

MOEGLICHKEITEN UND GRENZEN MENSCHLICHER WAHRNEHMUNGS-, AUFFASSUNGS- UND GEDAECHTNISFAEHIGKEIT

Each action of a road user is the result of information perception and information processing, which directly involves memory. Memory facilitates recognition of objects and affects perception. The paper deals with memory processes, memory stores and the organic principles of memory activity. The possible use of the results of psychological research into memory for the reconstruction of road accidents is discussed. (TRRL)

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  Manzsche Verlags-und Universitaetsbuchhandlung

  Kohlmart 16
  1014 Vienna,   Austria 
• Authors:
  • Meyer, F
• Publication Date: 1979-7

Language

• German

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 193-199
• Serial:
  • Zeitschrift fuer Verkehrsrecht
  • Volume: 24
  • Issue Number: 7
  • Publisher: MANZ'SCHE VERLAGS- UND UNIVERSITAETSBUCHHANDLUNG GMBH
  • ISSN: 0044-3662

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Behavior; Comprehension; Crash investigation; Decision making; Drivers; Information management; Information organization; Memory; Perception; Physiology; Psychological aspects; Traffic crashes
• Old TRIS Terms: Driver perception
• ITRD Terms: 2209: Comprehension; 2248: Decision process; 2051: Human tolerance; 2229: Perception; 2062: Physiology
• Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00325128
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: May 21 1981 12:00AM