Driving in dangerous territory: Complexity and road-characteristics influence attentional demand

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 388-396

  Stinchcombe, Arne ^a   Gagnon, Sylvain ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attention; Complexity; Driving; Motor vehicle collision; PDT; Workload

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; RAILROAD ACCIDENTS; VEHICLES;

ATTENTION; COMPLEXITY; DRIVING; MOTOR VEHICLE COLLISIONS; WORKLOAD;

CRASHWORTHINESS;

EID: 77956958588     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2010.06.008     Document Type: Article

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