title: Continuous visual information may be important after all: a failure to replicate Thomson (1983).
abstract: The purpose of the two experiments reported here was to replicate previous research (Thomson, 1983) which suggests that visual information useful in the control of movement persists for up to 8 s after visual occlusion. Contrary to other findings (Thomson, 1980, 1983), little evidence was found for an 8-s visual representation of the environmental layout, indicating there is no substitute for continuous visual information in the control of movement. Methodological and statistical problems with Thomson's work are discussed.
mesh_terms: D005246:Feedback; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008124:Locomotion; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013037:Spatial Behavior; D013997:Time Factors; D014785:Vision, Ocular