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Author: G. Schuhfried
Peripheral Perception - R

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Field of Application+

NEURO
TRAFFIC
SPORT
HR
Detailed Description+

Assesses the ability to receive and process peripheral visual information. Good visual perception is indispensable for many activities – such as driving a motor vehicle – in which humans interact with machines. It repeatedly transpires that one of the main causes of accidents is the delayed or incomplete perception of information relating to relevant circumstances in the environment.
Good visual perception is also crucial to success in many sports, such as football and handball. The test is therefore used both in recruitment (especially in the field of safety assessments) and in assessments in the fields of traffic psychology and sports psychology.

Test forms+

One test form.

Task+

The test involves two tasks – a central tracking task and a peripheral perception task. Light diodes generate light stimuli that move at a defined speed in the peripheral visual field. Critical stimuli appear at pre-defined intervals; the respondent reacts to these critical stimuli by depressing the foot pedal. At the same time a tracking task must be performed on the screen.

Dimensions+

Reactive behavior & visual functions

Languages+

Hungarian

Turkish

Dutch

English (USA)

French

Chinese (Taiwan)

Italian

Portuguese

Slovak

Spanish

German

Polish

Russian

Finnish

Chinese

Arabic

Serbian

Czech

Croatian

Hindi

Slovene

Duration+

approx. 15 minutes

Age+

Norms for ages 14+.

Test administration+

Controlled Mode


Scoring+

The following main variables are scored:

  • Visual field: Total field of vision in degrees. This variable provides information about the respondent’s ability to react to stimuli on the edge of the visual field; it is used to assess fitness to drive in the context of traffic psychological queries.
  • Tracking deviation: This variable describes performance on the tracking task. It can be interpreted as a measure of divided attention.

 

Products specifications
LanguagesArabic, Chinese, Chinese (Taiwan), Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English (USA), Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Turkish
Test informationadaptive <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="In adaptive tests the item difficulty adapts during the test to the respondent's ability. In these tests the number of items presented may also vary in at least one subtest or test form."></i>, language-free item material <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="A test that uses language-free item material is one that can be worked by a respondent with no linguistic knowledge, provided that the instructions have been understood (for example with support from the test administrator)."></i>, additional device required <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="A SCHUHFRIED peripheral device (e.g. a Response Panel) is needed for proper administration of the test."></i>, high level of test security <i class="fas fa-info-circle tooltips test-info" data-container="body" data-placement="top" data-toggle="tooltip" title="A test has a high level of test security if steps have been taken to prevent disclosure of the answers or answer scheme. Examples of such steps include prevention of unsupervised online testing, the provision of parallel test forms and the use of objective personality tests and adaptive tests."></i>
DimensionsReactive behavior & visual functions
Test typeSpecial Ability Tests