Citation

Marinovic W, Wallis G. Exp. Brain Res. 2011; 212(4): 613-621.

Affiliation

Perception and Motor Systems Laboratory, School of Human Movement Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, w.marinovic@uq.edu.au.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s00221-011-2772-2

PMID

21698467

Abstract

The production of accurate motor actions requires successful extraction of relevant information about the target of that action. By the same token, it also requires the successful exclusion of potentially distracting, irrelevant information. This study sought to determine the impact of transient visual distractions on performance in an anticipatory timing task, in particular the temporal and spatial relationship between distractor and target at which maximal distraction occurs. The results support the notion of a critical temporal and spatial window of distraction which provides insight into the visuomotor processes underlying distraction.


Keywords: Driver distraction;

Language: en