Visual attention in driving: The effects of cognitive load and visual disruption

Human Factors

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 721-733

  Lee, Yi Ching ^a   Lee, John D ^b   Boyle, Linda Ng ^b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE LOADS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; SAFETY-CRITICAL EVENTS;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIME VARYING SYSTEMS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION; BLINDNESS; BLINKING; COGNITION; DRIVER; DRIVING ABILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SAFETY; SIMULATION; SIMULATOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISUAL DISCRIMINATION; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; VISION;

EID: 34547181272     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1518/001872007X215791     Document Type: Article

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