What does the driver look at? the influence of intersection characteristics on attention allocation and driving behavior

Accident Analysis and Prevention

Volumn 45, Issue , 2012, Pages 610-619

  Werneke, Julia ^a   Vollrath, Mark ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Attention allocation strategies; Expectation; Gaze behavior; Intersection accidents; Perceptual error

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION STRATEGY; CLOSE PROXIMITY; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; CRITICAL INCIDENTS; DRIVING BEHAVIOR; DRIVING SIMULATOR STUDY; EXPECTATION; GAZE BEHAVIOR; IMPORTANT OBJECT; RIGHT OF WAY; T-INTERSECTIONS; TRAFFIC DENSITIES; TRAFFIC SITUATIONS; VEHICLE VELOCITY;

ACCIDENTS; AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; STREET TRAFFIC CONTROL;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EYE FIXATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

ACCIDENTS, TRAFFIC; ADULT; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; FIXATION, OCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SACCADES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856090813     PISSN: 00014575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aap.2011.09.048     Document Type: Article

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