Distraction from multiple in-vehicle secondary tasks: Vehicle performance and mental workload implications

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 91-104

  Lansdown, Terry C ^a   Brook Carter, Nicola ^b   Kersloot, Tanita ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b TRANSPORT RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distraction; Driving; Multiple task; Performance; Workload

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVER SIMULATORS; BRAKES; INFORMATION SCIENCE; VEHICLES;

BRAKE PRESSURE; IN-VEHICLE INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMATION SYSTEM; MALE; MOTOR VEHICLE; NORMAL HUMAN; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MENTAL PROCESSES; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REACTION TIME; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842328709     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130310001629775     Document Type: Article

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