Human Factors The Journal of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society · 1965 · 57 citations · 6 references
MedicinePsychologyVision ScienceSpatial VisionVisual PerceptionVisual PsychophysicsPeripheral VisionReaction TimeSpatial AttentionSpatial LocalizationVisual AcuityVisual SearchPeripheral Spatial AcuityPeripheral Vision In SearchPeripheral Visual AcuityPeripheral Visual SearchSearch Performance MetricsSearch Time EstimationTrainingVisual Search Performance
This study was made to investigate the relationship between the size of visual fields of observers and time required to locate targets on static displays. The findings, which indicate that people with large visual fields can find targets more rapidly than observers with small fields, have practical selection and training application. Equations are presented which can be used to determine search time that can be expected as a function of the size of the visual field of the observer and the apparent size of the area being searched.
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