23 – Gap Acceptance in Driving/Pain Perception in Athletes

How do drivers decide whether or not it is safe to make a turn in front of an oncoming car or overtake and pass a more slowly moving vehicle? Why are these situations so dangerous?

Do athletes have a higher tolerance for pain than non-athletes? (Time: 20:57)

 

Motion aftereffect demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP_jYmbke14

 

Links to articles discussed:

Processes and countermeasures in overtaking road accidents

Multidisciplinary in-depth investigations of head-on and left- turn road collisions

Factors influencing driver’s left turn decisions

Scaling of relative velocity between vehicles

Perceptual-motor control strategies for left-turn execution

Risky driving behavior: a consequence of motion adaptation for visually guided motor action

Perceptual Processes Used by Drivers During Overtaking in a Driving Simulator

An Affordance-Based Approach to Visually Guided Overtaking

Pain perception in athletes compared to normally active controls: A systematic

review with meta-analysis

 

More information:

http://www.perceptionactionpodcast.libsyn.com/

My Research Gate Page (pdfs of my articles)

My ASU Web page

Podcast Facebook page (videos, pics, etc)

 

Credits:

The Flamin' Groovies - Shake Some Action

The Monitors – Turn it On

Wheels of Fire – Turning into You

J Burn – Waiting

The Wingdale Community Singers – Passing Stranger

Haji Mike – Pain Pain Gain Gain

Eric & Magill – I Feel Your Pain

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