A Comparison of Visual Fields with Fixed and Moving Fixation Points. Volume I

Abstract

Four procedures were used to measure the extent of the detection fields of four primary meridians of the binocular visual fields of four subjects. Procedures I (Moving Target) used a horizontally moving target and a stationary fixation point. Procedure II (Fixed Target) used a stationary target and a horizontally moving fixation point. Procedure III (Saccadic Move) used a saccadic eye movement between two stationary horizontal fixation points and a stationary target. Procedure IV (Flashed Target) used a stationary fixation point and a .6 second flashed target. The results from the dynamic procedures (I and II) and the two static procedures (III and IV) were very similar for each subject. In the dynamic procedures, the relationship between a change in contrast and an equivalent change in velocity tends to support Bloch's Law (IxT=C) between 2 deg/s and 20 deg/s for a given retinal location. The relationship between the reciprocal of relative single glimpse probability of four subjects measured in this study and the mean detection times for comparable stimuli taken from Krendel and Wodinsky's study (1960) appear to be linear and highly correlated (.92 to .99). Volume I of this report details the technical report and volume II contains the appendices.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2002
Accession Number
ADA407153

Entities

People

  • William E. McLean

Organizations

  • United States Army Aeromedical Research Lab

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cameras
  • Contrast
  • Detection
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Health Services
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Information Processing
  • Light Sources
  • Linear Regression Analysis
  • Measurement
  • Moving Targets
  • Peripheral Vision
  • Probability
  • Regression Analysis
  • Target Detection

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  • Vision Science/Vision Psychology/Cognitive Neuroscience.