THE ART OF DESCRYING DISTANCE

A response to a critique of a paper, both of which are published in this journal issue, is presented by one of the authors of the original paper (Distance Estimation with Night Vision Goggles: A Little Feedback Goes a Long Way). This author suspects that many of the objections raised in the critique emerge from a specific theoretical stance: a general claim that observers cannot estimate distances accurately because distance itself cannot be seen. The author maintains that the commentator makes a few suggestions by which one preliminary experiment might be extended to a series of experiments, but that those suggestions fail to address primary issues of training.

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• Corporate Authors:

  Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

  P.O. Box 1369
  Santa Monica, CA  United States  90406-1369
• Authors:
  • Niall, K K
• Publication Date: 1999-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 511-514
• Serial:
  • Human Factors
  • Volume: 41
  • Issue Number: 3
  • Publisher: Sage Publications, Incorporated
  • ISSN: 0018-7208
  • EISSN: 1547-8181
  • Serial URL: http://hfs.sagepub.com/

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Airline pilots; Distance; Distance perception; Estimating; Goggles; Judgment (Human characteristics); Night vision; Training
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Education and Training;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00788953
• Record Type: Publication
• Contract Numbers: OGP0046593, N000145-95-1-0411, N00014-99-1-0516
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 19 2000 12:00AM