Assessing effectiveness of various auditory warning signals in maintaining drivers' attention in virtual reality-based driving environments

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 825-835

  Lin, Chin Teng ^a   Huang, Teng Yi ^a   Liang, Wen Chieh ^b   Chiu, Tien Ting ^a   Chao, Chih Feng ^a   Hsu, Shang Hwa ^b   Ko, Li Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; CAR; CAR DRIVING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; AUTOMOBILES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTECTIVE DEVICES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 70350436464     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: 00315125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/PMS.108.3.825-835     Document Type: Article

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