Driving with the wandering mind: The effect that mind-wandering has on driving performance

Human Factors

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 260-269

  Yanko, Matthew R ^a   Spalek, Thomas M ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

attention; distraction; driving performance; high fidelity driving simulator; mind wandering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAR DRIVING; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINDFULNESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TASK PERFORMANCE; YOUNG ADULT;

ATTENTION; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MINDFULNESS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84894412700     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720813495280     Document Type: Article

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