Attention selection and multitasking in everyday driving: A conceptual model

Driver Distraction and Inattention: Advances in Research and Countermeasures

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-54

  Engström, Johan ^a   Victor, Trent ^a   Markkula, Gustav ^a,b  

^a VOLVO AERO CORPORATION   (Sweden)

^b CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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