NTL Record

Title Effect of a moving optical environment on the subjective median.
Record ID 39156
Personal Name
Creator
Brecher, M. Herbert; Brecher, Gerhard A.
Corporate Creator University of Oklahoma. Medical Center
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19710400
Language English
Abstract The placement of a point in the median vertical plane under the influence of a moving optical environment was tested in 12 subjects. It was found that the median plane was displaced in the same direction as the movement of the visual environment when the environment was moved at speeds ranging from 9 plus or minus 1 radians/minute to 45 plus or minus 1 radians/minute. It was established that unidirectional movements of the total optical environment always caused a spatial disorientation with respect to external visual reference points.
Rosap ID dot:20959
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20959
TRT Terms Air pilots; Air transportation crashes; Weather; Night visibility; Clouds; Human error; Human factors; Tests; Speed; Visual flight; Visual perception; Motion perception; Optical measurement; Eye movements; Eye fixations; Eye location; Vision tests; Field of vision
General Subjects Air pilots; Aircraft accidents; Visual perception--Testing; Optical illusions; Horizon; Orientation; Weather; Rain and rainfall; Night flying; Aircraft accidents--Human factors; Speed; Optical measurements; Eye--Movements; Motion perception (Vision); Testing
Classification NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Human Factors;
NTL - AVIATION - Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Accidents;
NTL - SAFETY AND SECURITY - Human Factors
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number FAA-AM-71-22; DOT/FAA/AM-71/22
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/39000/39100/39156/AM71-22.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository