Being Conspicuous at Night on a Blurred Road

Being Conspicuous at Night on a Blurred Road.

Every year in the United States, more than 4500 pedestrians are killed and more than 75,000 pedestrians injured by motor vehicles. Worldwide, annually, one quarter of a million pedestrians are killed by motor vehicles. The vast majority of these deaths (70% or more) occur at night. Therefore, research into night-time pedestrian visibility is highly valuable. Wood and associates from Queensland ...

The Cognition of the City at Night

Human presence and accordingly establishing suitable condition for social interactions are important factors in shaping urban spaces. Caring to different aspects of improving environmental qualities especially perception aspect and ease of perception from the environment with legibility improvement is an element that was emphasized from the base of urban design. The role of time, commence of da...

Night Vision: Infrared Takes to the Road

Being distinctive versus being conspicuous: The effects of numeric status and sex-stereotyped tasks on individual performance in groups

Being in the numeric minority (e.g., being a solo woman in a group of men) influences how well a person performs within a work group. But being the solo member is only one way in which people can be atypical in a group; a person can also represent a social or demographic category that has not typically been associated with the task that the group is working on. Using a design with four categori...

The Less Conspicuous Road to Virtue: The Influence of Luxury Consumption on Socially Valued Behavior

People desire luxury products because they are highly valued by society, among other reasons, but little is known about how wearing luxury products influences consumers’ selfidentity and behavior. This research demonstrates that wearing luxury products can lead consumers to engage in behaviors that are highly valued by society. Study participants who wear or simply imagine themselves wearing lu...