title: Judging the time to collision with a simulated textured object: effect of mismatching rate of expansion of object size and of texture element size.
abstract: We measured the accuracy with which subjects estimated the time to collision with a simulated textured object approaching at constant speed along the line of sight. The independent variable was the ratio R, where R = (rate of dilation of the texture elements that covered the simulated object)/ (rate of dilation of object size). When matching was perfect (i.e., R = 1.0), the mean of 12 settings was close to the nominal value of 2,000 msec for the 2 subjects. In addition, the standard error of 12 settings was only 25 and 52 msec in 2,000 msec for the 2 subjects. Discrimination threshold for time to collision was not significantly affected by R over the range investigated between R = 0 and R = 2.0. However, the accuracy of estimating time to collision was significantly affected by R. Estimated time to collision was a monotonic function of R. For example, when the mismatch was only 10% (i.e., R = 0.9) subjects judged time to collision would occur 178 msec later than the true time to collision of 2,000 msec.
authors.affiliation: York University, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Regan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003867:Depth Perception; D004193:Discrimination Learning; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009039:Motion Perception; D009903:Optical Illusions; D009949:Orientation; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual; D011340:Problem Solving; D011601:Psychophysics; D012858:Size Perception; D013998:Time Perception