Acceleration and vision /
William J. White.

Description

Main Author

White, William J. (William Joseph), 1923-

Related Names

Human Factors and Ergonomics Collection.
Applied Psychology Corporation
Wright Air Development Center. Aero Medical Laboratory

Language(s)

English

Published

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1958.

Subjects

Vision.
Airplanes > Airplanes / Piloting > Airplanes / Piloting / Human factors.
Airplanes > Airplanes / Piloting > Airplanes / Piloting / Human factors.
Vision.
Technical reports.
Technical reports.

Summary

"This report is a review and evaluation of research pertaining to the effects of acceleration on human vision. Studies of gross qualitative changes in vision such as "blackout" and loss of peripheral vision in headward (positive) acceleration and the less dramatic effects in other body orientations to the acceleration vector are discussed first, together with the physiological basis of these symptoms. Then the quantitative and analytic studies of the influence of acceleration on vision are reviewed including the use of electrophysiological techniques and the application of the threshold method of psychophics. Finally a number of areas are pointed out where there is a need for more investigation."--Abstract.

Note

"Project no. 7216, Task no. 71712."

Physical Description

v, 26 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.

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