The use of heart rate in a driving simulator as an indicator of age-related differences in driver workload

Advances in Transportation Studies

Volumn , Issue SPEC.ISSUE, 2006, Pages 9-20

  Reimer, B ^a   Mehler, B L ^a   Pohlmeyer, A E ^a   Coughlin, J F ^a   Dusek, J A ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive Distraction; Driving Performance; Dual Task Roadway Complexity; Habituation; Heart Rate; Older Drivers; Physiological Measurements

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE DISTRACTIONS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DUAL-TASKS; HABITUATION; HEART RATES; OLDER DRIVERS; PHYSIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; HEART; PATIENT MONITORING;

PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY;

EID: 63149083734     PISSN: 18245463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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