- A new study looked at car arrival judgment.
- Researchers compared people with AMD and normal vision.
- They used virtual reality with car sight and sound.
- Participants pressed a button when the car would arrive.
- People with AMD judged arrival times like others.
- Louder cars seemed to arrive sooner than quieter cars.
- Bigger cars seemed to arrive sooner than smaller cars.
- Having sight and sound together did not help accuracy.
- The team came from the United States and Europe.
- The study had funding from the National Eye Institute.
Difficult words
- researcher — A person who studies and tests things.Researchers
- judgment — A decision about time or arrival.
- virtual reality — A computer world people see and hear.
- participant — A person who takes part in a study.Participants
- accuracy — How near a result is to truth.
- funding — Money given to pay for research.
- arrival — When something or someone comes.
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Discussion questions
- Have you used virtual reality?
- Do you hear cars on your street?
- Do you prefer quieter or louder cars?
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