Driver Control Theory: From Task Difficulty Homeostasis to Risk Allostasis

Handbook of Traffic Psychology

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 13-26

  Fuller, Ray ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381984-0.10002-5     Document Type: Chapter

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