Driver reaction time to tactile and auditory rear-end collision warnings while talking on a cell phone

Human Factors

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-110

  Mohebbi, Rayka ^a   Gray, Rob ^a   Tan, Hong Z ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attentional processes; Auditory displays; Cell phones; Displays and controls; Driver safety; Dual task performance; Haptic; Hearing; Highway safety; Multimodal displays; Psychomotor processes; Reaction time; Touch

Indexed keywords

ATTENTIONAL PROCESSES; AUDITORY DISPLAYS; CELL PHONES; DISPLAYS AND CONTROLS; DRIVER SAFETY; DUAL-TASK PERFORMANCE; HAPTIC; HEARING; HIGHWAY SAFETY; MULTIMODAL DISPLAYS; PSYCHOMOTOR PROCESSES; REACTION TIME; TOUCH;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; CELL MEMBRANES; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; MOBILE PHONES; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS;

HUMAN REACTION TIME;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAR DRIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRIVING ABILITY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RESPONSE TIME; SIMULATOR; TACTILE DISCRIMINATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; EQUIPMENT; MIDDLE AGED;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REACTION TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651118078     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809333517     Document Type: Article

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