Pursuit eye-movements in curve driving differentiate between future path and tangent point models.

ABSTRACT: For nearly 20 years, looking at the tangent point on the road edge has been prominent in models of visual orientation in curve driving. It is the most common interpretation of the commonly observed pattern of car drivers looking through a bend, or at the apex of the curve. Indeed, in the visual science literature, visual orientation towards the inside of a bend has become known as "tangent point orientation". Yet, it remains to be empirically established whether it is the tangent point the drivers are looking at, or whether some other reference point on the road surface, or several reference points, are being targeted in addition to, or instead of, the tangent point. Recently discovered optokinetic pursuit eye-movements during curve driving can provide complementary evidence over and above

SUBMITTER: Lappi O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3718775 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature