The role of automation in reducing stress and negative affect while driving

Theoretical Issues in Ergonomics Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-68

  Cottrell, Nicholas D ^a   Barton, Benjamin K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

automation; cognitive; pedestrian safety; stress; transactional

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871161080     PISSN: 1463922X     EISSN: 1464536X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1464536X.2011.573011     Document Type: Article

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