A comparison of the effect of a low to moderately demanding cognitive task on simulated driving performance and heart rate in middle aged and young adult drivers

Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 493-500

  Reimer, Bryan ^a   Mehler, Bruce ^a   Coughlin, Joseph F ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   D'Ambrosio, Lisa A ^a   Roy, Nick ^a   Long, Jonathon ^a   Bell, Avonne ^a   Wood, Danielle ^a   Dusek, Jeffery A ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; CELLULAR TELEPHONES; COGNITIVE DEMANDS; COGNITIVE TASKS; DRIVER WORKLOADS; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; HANDS FREE; HEART RATES; PHONE CONVERSATIONS; SIMULATED DRIVINGS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

EID: 63149135008     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CW.2008.69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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