A field study on the impact of variations in short-term memory demands on drivers' visual attention and driving performance across three age groups

Human Factors

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 454-468

  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; DRIVING CONTROL; DRIVING PERFORMANCE; DRIVING SAFETY; FIELD STUDIES; HIGH DEMAND; LOW LEVEL; MENTAL WORKLOAD; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SITUATIONAL AWARENESS; TASK DIFFICULTY; VISUAL ATTENTION; VOICE INTERFACES;

AUTOMOBILES; EYE MOVEMENTS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORT TERM MEMORY; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861367441     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720812437274     Document Type: Article

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