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Ekroll, Vebjørn; Svalebjørg, Mats; Pirrone, Angelo; Böhm, Gisela; Jentschke, Sebastian; van Lier, Rob; Wagemans, Johan; Høye, Alena – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2021
The purpose of the present note is to draw attention to the potential role of a recently discovered visual illusion in creating traffic accidents. The illusion consists in a compelling and immediate experience that the space behind an occluding object in the foreground is empty. Although the illusion refers to a region of space, which is invisible…
Descriptors: Accidents, Traffic Safety, Visual Perception, Validity