Driving on the motorway: The effect of alternating speed on driver's activation level and mental effort

Ergonomics

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 605-618

  Tejero, Pilar ^a   Chóliz, Mariano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Driver status; EEG; Heart rate variability; Highway hypnosis; Mental effort; Psychophysiology

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM;

HIGHWAY HIPNOSIS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVING; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; DRIVING ABILITY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NORMAL HUMAN; SOMNOLENCE; STRESS; SYMPATHETIC FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC; VELOCITY;

ADULT; AROUSAL; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037100809     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130210145882     Document Type: Article

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