Task difficulty and risk in the determination of driver behaviour

Revue europeenne de psychologie appliquee

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-21

  Fuller, R ^a   McHugh, C ^a   Pender, S ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Driver decision making; Driver motivation; Driver risk rating; Driving task difficulty; Task capability interface model

Indexed keywords

EID: 37349101002     PISSN: 11629088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.erap.2005.07.004     Document Type: Article

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