TY - JOUR

T1 - Watch out for the hazard! Blurring peripheral vision facilitates hazard perception in driving

AU - Ryu, Donghyun

AU - Cooke, Andrew

AU - Bellomo, Eduardo

AU - Woodman, Tim

N1 - Acceptance letter From: em.aaap.0.6d946e.4cc7e1a1@editorialmanager.com <em.aaap.0.6d946e.4cc7e1a1@editorialmanager.com> On Behalf Of Accident Analysis and Prevention Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2020 4:52 PM To: Donghyun Ryu <D.Ryu@lboro.ac.uk> Subject: Decision on submission to Accident Analysis and Prevention Manuscript Number: AAP_2020_165R2   Watch out for the hazard! Blurring peripheral vision facilitates hazard perception in driving   Dear Dr Ryu, Thank you for submitting your manuscript to Accident Analysis and Prevention. I am pleased to inform you that your manuscript has been accepted for publication.   My comments, and any reviewer comments, are below. Your accepted manuscript will now be transferred to our production department. We will create a proof which you will be asked to check, and you will also be asked to complete a number of online forms required for publication. If we need additional information from you during the production process, we will contact you directly. We appreciate you submitting your manuscript to Accident Analysis and Prevention and hope you will consider us again for future submissions. Kind regards, Mohamed Abdel-Aty Editor-in-Chief Accident Analysis and Prevention

PY - 2020/10

Y1 - 2020/10

N2 - The objectives of this paper were to directly examine the roles of central and peripheral vision in hazard perception and to test whether perceptual training can enhance hazard perception. We also examined putative cortical mechanisms underpinning any effect of perceptual training on performance. To address these objectives, we used the gaze-contingent display paradigm to selectively present information to central and peripheral parts of the visual field. In Experiment 1, we compared hazard perception abilities of experienced and inexperienced drivers while watching video clips in three different viewing conditions (full vision; clear central and blurred peripheral vision; blurred central and clear peripheral vision). Participants’ visual search behaviour and cortical activity were simultaneously recorded. In Experiment 2, we determined whether training with clear central and blurred peripheral vision could improve hazard perception among non-licensed drivers. Results demonstrated that (i) information from central vision is more important than information from peripheral vision in identifying hazard situations, for screen-based hazard perception tests, (ii) clear central and blurred peripheral vision viewing helps the alignment of line-of-gaze and attention, (iii) training with clear central and blurred peripheral vision can improve screen-based hazard perception. The findings have important implications for road safety and provide a new training paradigm to improve hazard perception.

AB - The objectives of this paper were to directly examine the roles of central and peripheral vision in hazard perception and to test whether perceptual training can enhance hazard perception. We also examined putative cortical mechanisms underpinning any effect of perceptual training on performance. To address these objectives, we used the gaze-contingent display paradigm to selectively present information to central and peripheral parts of the visual field. In Experiment 1, we compared hazard perception abilities of experienced and inexperienced drivers while watching video clips in three different viewing conditions (full vision; clear central and blurred peripheral vision; blurred central and clear peripheral vision). Participants’ visual search behaviour and cortical activity were simultaneously recorded. In Experiment 2, we determined whether training with clear central and blurred peripheral vision could improve hazard perception among non-licensed drivers. Results demonstrated that (i) information from central vision is more important than information from peripheral vision in identifying hazard situations, for screen-based hazard perception tests, (ii) clear central and blurred peripheral vision viewing helps the alignment of line-of-gaze and attention, (iii) training with clear central and blurred peripheral vision can improve screen-based hazard perception. The findings have important implications for road safety and provide a new training paradigm to improve hazard perception.

KW - gaze-contingent display

KW - hazard perception

KW - attention

KW - central vision

KW - peripheral vision

U2 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2020.105755

DO - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aap.2020.105755

M3 - Article

VL - 146

JO - Accident Analysis and Prevention

JF - Accident Analysis and Prevention

SN - 0001-4575

M1 - 105755

ER -