1. Pursuing a target with one's eyes helps judge its velocity
- Author
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Jeroen Smeets, Cristina De la Malla, Eli Brenner, Sensorimotor Control, IBBA, and AMS - Sports
- Subjects
fixation ,Motion Perception ,Experimental and Cognitive Psychology ,Sensory Systems ,Pursuit, Smooth ,Ophthalmology ,Artificial Intelligence ,velocity judgements ,Humans ,precision ,SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy ,pursuit - Abstract
When intercepting moving targets, people perform slightly better if they follow their natural tendency to pursue the target with their eyes. Is this because the velocity is judged more precisely when pursuing the target? To find out, we compared how well people could determine which of two sequentially presented moving bars was moving faster. There was always also a static bar on the screen. People judged the moving bar's velocity about 10% more precisely when pursuing it than when fixating the static bar.
- Published
- 2022