Preparing lane changes while driving in a fixed-base simulator: Effects of advance information about direction and amplitude on reaction time and steering kinematics

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-268

  Hofmann, Peter ^a   Rinkenauer, Gerhard ^a   Gude, Dietmar ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ RESEARCH CENTRE FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN FACTORS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lane change task; Movement precueing technique; Response preparation; Steering dynamics

Indexed keywords

TRANSPORTATION;

FIXED BASE SIMULATORS; LANE CHANGE; MOVEMENT PRECUEING TECHNIQUE; MOVEMENT TRAJECTORIES; PRIOR INFORMATION; RESPONSE PREPARATION; STEERING DYNAMICS; VELOCITY PROFILES;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84857789764     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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