Performance on driving-related tasks during music

Ergonomics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1087-1098

  Beh, Helen C ^a   Hirst, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Driving; Music; Reaction time; Tracking tasks; Vigilance tasks

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; SENSORY PERCEPTION; SUBJECTIVE TESTING;

DRIVING-RELATED TASKS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; EYE TRACKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; NORMAL HUMAN; RESPONSE TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0032772181     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/001401399185153     Document Type: Article

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