Adaptive strategy changes as a function of task demands: A study of car drivers

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 218-236

  Cnossen, Fokie ^a   Meijman, Theo ^a   Rothengatter, Talib ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Driving behaviour; Mental effort; Strategies; Task demands; Task priorities

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH; SIMULATORS;

TASK DEMANDS; WORKING MEMORY TASK;

ERGONOMICS;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CAR DRIVING; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTIVATION; READING; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VELOCITY; WORKING MEMORY;

ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 0842334835     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130310001629757     Document Type: Article

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