DECREASE IN PERCEIVED DISTORTION WITH REPEATED EXPOSURE: APPLICATION FOR NAVAL DIVER TRAINING

Abstract

With repeated exposure to a distorted visual environment an individual perceives less distortion on each subsequent occasion. This positive advantage of repeated exposure is found to transfer to a different distortion provided that the subject has not had too much experience with the first distortion. Overtraining on one distortion cancels any positive transfer of advantage from one distortion to another. It may, therefore, be possible to train divers, out of water, to perform more effectively as soon as they enter the water.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 16, 1970
Accession Number
AD0708026

Entities

People

  • Christine L. McKay

Organizations

  • Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Biomedical Research
  • Classification
  • Compensation
  • Distortion
  • Environment
  • Navy
  • Security
  • Statistical Analysis
  • Submarine Bases
  • Submarines
  • Targets
  • Time Intervals
  • Training
  • Visual Targets

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  • Educational Psychology
  • Materials Science
  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.