Foggy perception slows us down

Visual speed is believed to be underestimated at low contrast, which has been proposed as an explanation of excessive driving speed in fog. Combining psychophysics measurements and driving simulation, we confirm that speed is underestimated when contrast is reduced uniformly for all objects of the v...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pretto, Paolo, Bresciani, Jean-Pierre, Rainer, Gregor, Bülthoff, Heinrich H
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3479833/