VISUAL CONSPICUITY AS AN EXTERNAL DETERMINANT OF EYE MOVEMENTS AND SELECTIVE ATTENTION

The investigation deals with the processes of information selection in the human visual system resulting from eye movements and focussing of attention. Visual conspicuity is defined as the degree of perceptual prominence of a visible object by virtue of sensory features such as brightness, colour, size and movement. The subject is discussed in the following chapters - visual conspicuity, directed attention and retinal locus; visual conspicuity and selective background interference in eccentric vision; and, visual conspicuity, visual search and fixation tendencies of the eye. /TRRL/

• Corporate Authors:

  Technische Hogeschool Eindhoven, Netherlands

  Den Dolech 2, Postbus 513
  Eidhoven,   Netherlands 
• Authors:
  • Engel, F L
• Publication Date: 1976

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: 94 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Alertness; Attention value; Brightness; Color; Eye movements; Interference; Motion; Perception; Size; Speed; Visibility; Vision
• Old TRIS Terms: Backgrounds; Focusing
• ITRD Terms: 2238: Attention; 6784: Colour; 2057: Eye movement; 2229: Perception; 5408: Speed; 2066: Vision
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; I83: Accidents and the Human Factor;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00157342
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Report/Paper Numbers: Monograph
• Files: ITRD, TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 13 1977 12:00AM