The impact of systematic variation of cognitive demand on drivers' visual attention across multiple age groups

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 3, Issue , 2010, Pages 2052-2056

  Reimer, Bryan ^a   Mehler, Bruce ^a   Wang, Ying ^a   Coughlin, Joseph F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE GROUPS; COGNITIVE DEMANDS; COGNITIVE WORKLOADS; DRIVING CONDITIONS; HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS; HORIZONTAL PLANES; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TASK DIFFICULTY; VISUAL ATTENTION;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 79953114527     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1518/107118110X12829370264321     Document Type: Conference Paper

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