Does road familiarity change eye fixations? A comparison between watching a video and real driving

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-47

  Martens, Marieke H ^a   Fox, Micah ^b  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Driving; Expectations; Familiarity; Fixation times; Traffic signs; Video

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE STEERING EQUIPMENT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE MOVEMENTS; RAILROAD TRAFFIC CONTROL; RUNWAY MARKINGS;

FIXATION TIMES; REAL DRIVING; ROAD MARKINGS; SIMULATING STEERING;

RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 33750374700     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2006.03.002     Document Type: Article

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