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Journal article
Pink Cricket Balls Through Rose-Tinted Glasses: Enhancing Interceptive Timing
i-Perception, Vol.8(6), pp.1-10
2017
PMID: 29225767
Abstract
Cricket is a popular but potentially dangerous sport. It is played with a hard ball that can travel at great speeds. Serious injuries, including fatalities, have occurred when balls have struck participants. The game is traditionally played during daylight with a dark red ball, but recent games have been played during the day and at night using a pink' ball. We have reported data that seemed to justify concerns raised regarding the visibility of these new pink balls, as they were revealed to have a very low luminance contrast against pertinent backgrounds during twilight. Here, we report on the findings of a psychophysical experiment, wherein we mimicked twilight lighting conditions in an interceptive timing experiment using a pink moving disc as an analogue for pink cricket balls. We show that interceptive timing performance is diminished in conditions that mimic twilight. More importantly, we show that wearing glasses with a rose-tinted filter can alleviate this adverse impact by enhancing the luminance contrast of the pink ball' relative to pertinent backgrounds.
Details
- Title
- Pink Cricket Balls Through Rose-Tinted Glasses: Enhancing Interceptive Timing
- Authors
- Joshua M. Adie - The University of QueenslandDerek H. Arnold (Corresponding Author) - The University of Queensland
- Publication details
- i-Perception, Vol.8(6), pp.1-10
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1177/2041669517743991
- ISSN
- 2041-6695
- PMID
- 29225767
- Copyright note
- © The Author(s) 2017. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
- Grant note
- This work was supported by an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to D.H.A.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991101937602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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