ArticlePloS one2016
Dynamic Dazzle Distorts Speed Perception.
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- Relationship between speed perception and eye movement-A case study of crash-involved and crash-not-involved drivers in China.PloS one · 2020Article
- Dynamic colour change and the confusion effect against predation.Scientific reports · 2019Article
- A visual illusion that influences perception and action through the dorsal pathway.Communications biology · 2019Article
- Blind haste: As light decreases, speeding increases.PloS one · 2018Article
- Potential Systematic Interception Errors are Avoided When Tracking the Target with One's Eyes.Scientific reports · 2017Article
- How camouflage works.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2017Review
- Diverted by dazzle: perceived movement direction is biased by target pattern orientation.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2017Article
- Dazzle camouflage and the confusion effect: the influence of varying speed on target tracking.Animal behaviour · 2017Article
- Contrast, contours and the confusion effect in dazzle camouflage.Royal Society open science · 2016Article
- Dazzled by shine: gloss as an antipredator strategy in fast moving prey.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
- Camouflaging moving objects: crypsis and masquerade.Behavioral ecology : official journal of the International Society for Behavioral EcologyArticle
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Abstract
Static high contrast ('dazzle') patterns, such as zigzags, have been shown to reduce the perceived speed of an object. It has not escaped our notice that this effect has possible military applications and here we report a series of experiments on humans, designed to establish whether dynamic dazzle patterns can cause distortions of perceived speed sufficient to provide effective defence in the field, and the extent to which these effects are robust to a battery of manipulations. Dynamic stripe patterns moving in the same direction as the target are found to increase the perceived speed of that target, whilst dynamic stripes moving in the opposite direction to the target reduce the perceived speed. We establish the optimum position for such dazzle patches; confirm that reduced contrast and the addition of colour do not affect the performance of the dynamic dazzle, and finally, using the CO2 challenge, show that the effect is robust to stressful conditions.
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