Functional vision barriers: a new concept analyzed in terms of human visual performance
AUTOR(ES)
Colombo, Elisa M., O'Donell, Beatriz M., Santillán, Javier E., Issolio, Luis A.
FONTE
Psychol. Neurosci.
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2013
RESUMO
In this work we introduce a new category of barriers that we call "functional vision barriers." This expression refers to lighting and visual elements that may complicate or hinder functional vision and may make life even more difficult for people with visual defects. These barriers appear as a consequence of certain negative effects caused by the poor design of the visual stimulus or visual environment that surrounds it in which lighting is one of the main factors. We use the term "functional vision" because this expression refers to the ability of the visual system to perform everyday tasks. We analyzed some of our previous results with regard to situations that can be considered "functional vision barriers": (1) stimuli with low luminance contrast information in which the addition of chromatic contrast improves visual performance and (2) tasks that are performed in the presence of a glare source in the visual field, diminishing visual performance and reducing brightness perception.
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