Off task thinking types and performance decrements during simulated automobile driving

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1214-1218

  Cowley, Jennifer A ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS; NUMBER OF LANES; SIMULATED DRIVING;

ERGONOMICS; PHYSICAL THERAPY; PSYCHOLOGY COMPUTING;

HUMAN ENGINEERING;

EID: 84889785695     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1541931213571270     Document Type: Conference Paper

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