Mental Workload While Driving: Effects on Visual Search, Discrimination, and Decision Making

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 119-137

  Recarte, Miguel A ^a   Nunes, Luis M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b Dir General de Tráfico ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; DYSTHYMIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; VISION;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; DECISION MAKING; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL FATIGUE; REACTION TIME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0041829165     PISSN: 1076898X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1076-898X.9.2.119     Document Type: Article

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