Visual Performance

Watson, Derrick G. & Humphreys, Glyn W. (Feb.–June 1999). Segmentation on the Basis of Linear and Local Rotational Motion: Motion Grouping in Visual Search. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, Vol. 25, No. 1, 70-82. Have you ever layed on the ground and watched a fan moving on the ceiling above you? I used to try to watch just one spoke of the fan and try to follow it around the circle for as long as …

…I felt it was very interesting for them to try to see the results of how equipped our eyes are in finding an opposing object. I think however in this day in age with video games our eyes have become very accustomed to watching an object with multiple distractions. The question I pose is, are our eyes that efficient normally or are they conditioned from all the practice we give them in our everyday lives?