%0 Journal Article
%T A test of the tau-dot hypothesis of braking control in the real world
%J Journal of experimental psychology: human perception and performance
%D 2006
%A Rock, P. B.
%A Harris, M. G.
%A Yates, Tim
%V 32
%N 6
%P 1479-1484
%X A controlled experiment used instrumented vehicles in a real-world driving task to compare D. N. Lee's (1976) tau-dot hypothesis of braking control with an alternative based on the direct estimation and control of ideal deceleration (T. Yates, M. Harris, & P. Rock, 2004). Drivers braked to stop as closely as possible to a visual target from different starting speeds and times-to-contact. The data provided little support for the tau-dot hypothesis, and analysis suggested that braking in the real world is better explained by a direct deceleration strategy.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I American Psychological Association
%@ 0096-1523
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/0096-1523.32.6.1479