Driver distraction and safety concerns have been identified for new highway logo sign configurations. This study assessed driver perception of logo signs and distraction under nine-panel, overflow-combination, or standard six-panel formats. A nine-panel sign has nine business panels within a single sign; a six-panel sign has six panels within a sign; an overflow-combination consists of a standa...

BACKGROUND Neurological soft signs and neurocognitive impairments have long been considered important features of schizophrenia. Previous correlational studies have suggested that there is a significant relationship between neurological soft signs and neurocognitive functions. The purpose of the current study was to examine the underlying relationships between these two distinct constructs with...

Visual attention of construction workers is closely related to their safety performance. Identifying and understanding signs on workplace effectively beneficial improve visual attention. This study focuses exploring the influencing mechanism sign features using eye-tracking technology, in order performance through optimizing signs. A theoretical model was constructed based information processin...

Sign language comprehension requires visual attention to the linguistic signal and visual attention to referents in the surrounding world, whereas these processes are divided between the auditory and visual modalities for spoken language comprehension. Additionally, the age-onset of first language acquisition and the quality and quantity of linguistic input for deaf individuals is highly hetero...

Introduction The vestibular system, which provides a signal of head motion to the brain, mediates functions of gaze and postural stabilisation via vestibular-ocular (VOR) and vestibular-spinal reflexes. The vestibular system is also key in generating sensations of selfmotion and spatial orientation required for navigation in the environment. The vestibular system influences these reflex and per...

BACKGROUND The perception of symptoms is a cornerstone in asthma management, but studies concerning this aspect provide conflicting evidence. The visual analog scale has been proposed as a useful tool for assessing perception of respiratory symptoms. The present study investigated whether visual analog scale assessment of perception of asthma symptoms was correlated to lung function or clinical...

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INTRODUCTION The current study examined the presence of cortical hyperexcitability, in nonclinical hallucinators, reporting different forms of anomalous bodily experiences (ABEs). Groups reporting visual out-of-body experiences and nonvisual sensed-presence experiences were examined. It was hypothesised that only those hallucinators whose experiences contained visual elements would show increas...