Aviation Visual Perception Research, Misperception and Mishaps

Aviation Visual Perception Research, Misperception and Mishaps

Ergonomics

Veridical perception of visual cues is necessary for spatial orientation and
controlling our movements as we navigate within our environment. Driving and
athletics are two arenas with which everyone can associate in terms of visually
guided behavior and successful execution of desired goals. In typical daily life
our interface with the environment consists of our feet on or near the ground,
movements in the left-right and/or fore-aft direction as well as a one-gravitational
force (1-G) acting vertically on our bodies with the horizon straight ahead. The
interpretation of visual cues from the environment and the perception of vestibular
inputs as we maneuver ourselves are founded on these typical constants, leading to
confidence about where our feet are, where the horizon is, and which is “up.”

Randy Gibb, Rob Gray and Lauren Scharff 2

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Ashgate Publishing Company

2010

English