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    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Robotics
    • Perception Psychology

    Background:

    • Daily interactions necessitate effective collision avoidance strategies.
    • The specific visual information guiding collision-free navigation requires further investigation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the impact of global versus local visual motion cues on human collision avoidance behavior.
    • To determine how different visual appearances of an obstacle affect navigation and motion adaptation.

    Main Methods:

    • Sixteen healthy participants navigated a virtual environment using a joystick.
    • Participants encountered a perpendicularly moving obstacle with varying virtual appearances (global cues: cylinder/sphere; local cues: legs/trunk).
    • A full-body virtual walker served as the control condition.

    Main Results:

    • Global motion cues (object shape) significantly affected the final crossing distance.
    • Obstacle appearance did not qualitatively alter participants' motion adaptations during avoidance.
    • Participants adjusted their trajectory based on perceived collision risk.

    Conclusions:

    • Global visual information plays a crucial role in modulating avoidance behavior during navigation.
    • Local motion cues alone have a limited impact on collision avoidance adjustments.
    • Findings enhance understanding of visual information processing in human-agent interactions.