Watch out for the hazard! Blurring peripheral vision facilitates hazard perception in driving

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Photo by Samuele Errico Piccarini on Unsplash

Photo by Samuele Errico Piccarini on Unsplash

Why is it important?

A new form of perceptual training that involved watching videos from a hazard perception driving test while eye-tracking technology selectively blurred out peripheral areas of the visual field. An interdisciplinary approach by recording eye movement and brain activity. Blurring the peripheral parts of hazard perception training clips can help to effectively direct the attention of learner drivers during screen-based hazard perception tests. Gaze-contingent viewing and precise feedback and scoring systems can improve current hazard perception training interventions.