22 – Braking & Steering/Knuckleballs

How does a driver know when to start braking and whether they are
braking hard enough to avoid a collision? Where do we look when
we steer around a curve?  Do race car drivers look somewhere
different?


Why is it so hard to hit (and throw!) a knuckleball?
(Time: 18:36)


 


Links to articles discussed:


A theory of visual control of braking based on information about
time-to-collision
Time-to-contact judgment in the locomotion of adults and
preschool children Visual control of braking: a test of the tau
hypothesis Affordance-Based Control of Visually Guided Action A
two-point visual control model of steering Where we look when we
steer Which parts of the road guide steering?

Using vision to control locomotion: looking where you want to go
Expert Baseball Batters Have Greater Sensitivity in Making
Swing Decisions

 


Knuckleball graph link:


http://www.amazinavenue.com/2010/6/10/1511336/why-is-it-so-hard-to-hit-the


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36E46a1bG70


 


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


Split Single – Made for Breaking


Wheel on Fire – Hit You With a Kiss


Calexico – Bend to the Road


Mikal Cronin – Turn Around


Apache – Bloody Knuckles


 


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