The blind date: The effects of change blindness, passenger conversation and gender on looked-but-failed-to-see (LBFTS) errors

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1822-1830

  White, Cale B ^a   Caird, Jeff K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Change inattention blindness; Driver distraction; Driving simulation; Gender differences; Left turns; Looked but failed to see (LBFTS) errors; Passenger conversation; Social attraction

Indexed keywords

DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EYE PROTECTION; HAZARDS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TRANSPORTATION;

CHANGE/INATTENTION BLINDNESS; DRIVER DISTRACTIONS; DRIVING SIMULATION; GENDER DIFFERENCES; LEFT TURNS; PASSENGER CONVERSATION; SOCIAL ATTRACTION;

ERRORS;

ACCELERATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER INTERFACE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MOBILE PHONE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; VISION; VISUAL FIELD;

ACCELERATION; ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CELLULAR PHONE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR; EYE MOVEMENTS; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049372402     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2010.05.003     Document Type: Article

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