Perceptual and Cognitive Factors Governing Performance in Comparative Arrival-Time Judgments

Four experiments were conducted to investigate factors affecting relative arrival-time judgments in the transverse plane. Across experiments, results indicated an overreliance on relative distance information. The levels of relative velocity and distance used in the arrival-time task were proved dis...

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Published in:Journal of experimental psychology. Human perception and performance 1993-12, Vol.19 (6), p.1183-1199
Main Authors: Law, David J, Pellegrino, James W, Mitchell, Steve R, Fischer, Susan C, McDonald, Thomas P, Hunt, Earl B
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Distance Perception
Female
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Human
Human Channel Capacity
Humans
Male
Motion Perception
Perception
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Sensory perception
Sex Factors
Space Perception
Velocity
Vision
Visual Perception
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Summary:Four experiments were conducted to investigate factors affecting relative arrival-time judgments in the transverse plane. Across experiments, results indicated an overreliance on relative distance information. The levels of relative velocity and distance used in the arrival-time task were proved discriminable, and performance in both relative velocity and distance judgments predicted performance in the relative arrival-time task. Despite the distance bias, an attempt to integrate relative velocity and distance information was also evidenced. The distance bias appears to have resulted from resource limitations on the concurrent processing of relative velocity and distance information, causing relative velocity information to become resource limited. The final experiment assessed the stability of performance in each of the tasks over time and provided evidence of individual differences in the ability to coordinate information from multiple sources.
ISSN:0096-1523
1939-1277
DOI:10.1037/0096-1523.19.6.1183