Driving and side task performance: The effects of display clutter, separation, and modality

Human Factors

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 611-624

  Horrey, William J ^a,b   Wickens, Christopher D ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISPLAY SEPARATION; FIXED-BASE SIMULATORS; HEAD-DOWN DISPLAY (HDD); IN-VEHICLE TECHNOLOGIES (IVT);

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; HAZARDS; PAVEMENT OVERLAYS; PERFORMANCE; SIMULATORS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVICE; DISPLAY SYSTEM; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IN VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TECHNOLOGY; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL DISPLAY UNIT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AWARENESS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA DISPLAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; REACTION TIME; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 13144256718     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/hfes.46.4.611.56805     Document Type: Article

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