Modulation of attention and urgent decisions by affect-laden roadside advertisement in risky driving scenarios

Safety Science

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1388-1393

  Megías, Alberto ^a   Maldonado, Antonio ^a   Catena, Andrés ^a   Di Stasi, Leandro L ^a   Serrano, Jesús ^a   Cándido, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Decision making; Driving; Emotion; Eye movements; Motorcycle simulator; Risky situations

Indexed keywords

DRIVING; DRIVING EVENTS; EMOTION; EYE FIXATIONS; RISK PREVENTION; RISKY DECISIONS; RISKY DRIVING; RISKY SITUATIONS; ROAD SAFETY;

DECISION MAKING; MOTORCYCLES; ROADSIDES;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ADULT; ADVERTIZING; AFFECT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; DECISION MAKING; DRIVER; EMOTION; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTORCYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATOR; TRAFFIC SAFETY;

EID: 79960973978     PISSN: 09257535     EISSN: 18791042     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssci.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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