Award Abstract #0239657
CAREER: An Integrated Approach to Research on Collision Control

NSF Org:	BCS Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences
Initial Amendment Date:	August 12, 2003
Latest Amendment Date:	April 26, 2007
Award Number:	0239657
Award Instrument:	Continuing grant
Program Manager:	Christopher T. Kello BCS Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences SBE Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences
Start Date:	August 15, 2003
Expires:	July 31, 2008 (Estimated)
Awarded Amount to Date:	$400000
Investigator(s):	Rob Gray robgray@asu.edu (Principal Investigator)
Sponsor:	Arizona State University ORSPA TEMPE, AZ 85287 480/965-5479
NSF Program(s):	PERCEPTION, ACTION & COGNITION
Field Application(s):	0116000 Human Subjects
Program Reference Code(s):	OTHR, 9178, 1045, 0000
Program Element Code(s):	7252

ABSTRACT

ABSTRACT

Gray -- 0239657

CAREER Award

Each time a driver steps on the brakes he uses visual information in a strategy to avoid a collision. Each time a baseball player hits a ball she uses visual information in a strategy to create a collision. That seems obvious enough, but it is not obvious what visual information people use or how they use it to control their behavior. With support from the National Science Foundation, Dr. Robert Gray's program of research and education investigates the problem of collisions with approaching objects-how people avoid collisions and how people make them happen. Dr. Gray's approach uses realistic, three-dimensional simulations of potential collisions in conjunction with real-time recording of the person in motion. This creative approach explores several issues including how control of the body utilizes different sources of visual information, how control changes between younger and older individuals, and how control is adapted to particular situations and environments. Some broader impacts of the funded work include the development of a Perception and Action curriculum at Arizona State University's East Campus, research opportunities for undergraduate students, and progress in the important applied area of transportation safety.

PUBLICATIONS PRODUCED AS A RESULT OF THIS RESEARCH

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Castaneda, B. & Gray, R..  "Effects of focus of attention on baseball batting performance in players of different skill level.,"  Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology,  v.29,  2007,  p. 59.

Gray, R..  "Attending to the execution of a complex sensorimotor skill: Expertise differences, choking and slumps.,"  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied,  v.10,  2004,  p. 42.

Gray, R..  "Multisensory information in the control of complex motor actions.,"  Current Directions in Psychological Science,  v.17,  2008,  p. 244.

Gray, R. & Regan, D..  "Unconfounding the direction of motion, time to passage and rotation rate of an approaching object.,"  Vision Research,  v.46,  2006,  p. 2388.

Gray, R. & Regan, D..  "Perceptual processes used by drivers during overtaking in a driving simulator.,"  Human Factors,  v.47,  2005,  p. 394.

Gray, R. & Regan, D..  "Glare susceptibility test results correlate with temporal safety margin when executing turns across approaching vehicles in simulated low?sun conditions.,"  Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics,  v.27,  2007,  p. 440.

Gray, R. & Sieffert, R. S..  "Different strategies for using motion in depth information in catching.,"  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance,  v.31,  2005,  p. 1004.

Gray, R., Beilock, S. L., & Carr, T. M.  "As soon as the bat met the ball, I knew it was gone: Outcome prediction, hindsight bias, and the representation and control of action in novice and expert baseball players.,"  Psychonomic Bulletin & Review,  v.14,  2007,  p. 669.

Gray, R., Geri, G.A., Akhtar, S.C. & Covas, C.M..  "The role of visual occlusion in altitude maintenance during simulated flight.,"  Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.,  v.34,  2008,  p. 475.

Gray, R., Macuga, K. M., & Regan, D..  "Long range interactions between object motion and self-motion in the perception of movement in depth.,"  Vision Research,  v.44,  2004,  p. 179.

Gray, R., Regan, D. M., Castaneda, B., & Sieffert, R. S..  "Role of feedback in the accuracy of perceived direction of motion in depth and control of interceptive action.,"  Vision Research,  v.46,  2006,  p. 1676.

Salvucci, D. & Gray, R..  "A two-point visual control model of steering.,"  Perception,  v.33,  2004,  p. 1233.


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