Title |
Does My Step Look Big In This? A Visual Illusion Leads To Safer Stepping Behaviour
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Published in |
PLOS ONE, February 2009
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DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0004577 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
David B. Elliott, Anna Vale, David Whitaker, John G. Buckley |
Abstract |
Tripping is a common factor in falls and a typical safety strategy to avoid tripping on steps or stairs is to increase foot clearance over the step edge. In the present study we asked whether the perceived height of a step could be increased using a visual illusion and whether this would lead to the adoption of a safer stepping strategy, in terms of greater foot clearance over the step edge. The study also addressed the controversial question of whether motor actions are dissociated from visual perception. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Egypt | 1 | 50% |
Italy | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Scientists | 1 | 50% |
Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Germany | 4 | 4% |
United Kingdom | 4 | 4% |
Switzerland | 2 | 2% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Norway | 1 | <1% |
Italy | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Japan | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Other | 0 | 0% |
Unknown | 85 | 84% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 19 | 19% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 18% |
Student > Master | 11 | 11% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 9 | 9% |
Student > Bachelor | 8 | 8% |
Other | 27 | 27% |
Unknown | 9 | 9% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 32 | 32% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 12 | 12% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 11 | 11% |
Sports and Recreations | 9 | 9% |
Engineering | 9 | 9% |
Other | 16 | 16% |
Unknown | 12 | 12% |