Where we look when we steer

STEERING a car requires visual information from the changing pattern of the road ahead. There are many theories about what features a driver might use 1–3 , and recent attempts to engineer self-steering vehicles have sharpened interest in the mechanisms involved 4,5 However, there is little direct i...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1994-06, Vol.369 (6483), p.742-744
Main Authors: Land, M. F, Lee, D. N
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Applied psychology
Automobile Driving
Biological and medical sciences
Computer Simulation
Eye Movements
Eyes & eyesight
Fixation, Ocular - physiology
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Head
Humanities and Social Sciences
Humans
letter
multidisciplinary
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Space life sciences
Transportation. City planning
Videotape Recording
Visual Perception - physiology
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