Psychological Aspects of Camouflage Design and Detection. Part 3. Towards Improved Validity and Reliability of Camouflage Assesment
Abstract
Recent models of visual information processing have been applied to the results of a search/detection task involving photographic slides of concealed soldiers. It was postulated that since camouflaged men could be regarded as examples of threshold items, automatic detection should not occur. Even for relatively low load (easy) items, reaction times (RT) were slower than the values expected if automatic detection occurred. The systematic increase in RT with task load implies that feature integration processing was required to achieve target detection. In pointing towards a possible strategy for target detection using real-world stimuli, the results of this report may be important in the design and interpretation of camouflage detection trails.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA135617
Entities
People
- G. V. Stanley
- M. G. King