Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0984948

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0984948

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Driving in the Fog: Speed Illusions Caused by Variations of Object Contrast. Accurate judgement of the speed of 3D motion is essential to many real world tasks, from driving a vehicle to playing sports. Illusions of perceived speed can occur when the range of brightness levels (ie. the contrast) is reduced, such as in fog, when suffering from cataracts, or when using some sunglasses. This raises issues of safety for drivers (pilots/captains etc). It is expected that advances in the understanding of these effects will inform road safety policy and practice to benefit drivers and pedestrians and to guide the manufacturing of eyewear and display devices (eg. military heads-up-displays). It is also anticipated that this project will be able to answer the much-debated question 'What colour should cricket balls be?'

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2009

End Date: 31-12-2012

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $92,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Psychology | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Combined operations | Road safety | Multimodal transport

Other Keywords

Combined operations | Multimodal transport | Psychology | Road safety | Sensory Processes, Perception And Performance

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