Effect of perceptual and cognitive loads on drivers' attention and resistance to distractors

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 1739-1743

  Tan, Pei Hsiu ^a   Lee, Yi Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN ENGINEERING; PHYSICAL THERAPY;

COGNITIVE LOADS; CONCURRENT TASKS;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 77951553407     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118109x12524444081791     Document Type: Conference Paper

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