The sensitivity of different methodologies for characterizing drivers' gaze concentration under increased cognitive demand

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

Volumn 26, Issue PA, 2014, Pages 227-237

  Wang, Ying ^a,b   Reimer, Bryan ^a   Dobres, Jonathan ^a   Mehler, Bruce ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cognitive workload; Driver state; Driving; Eye movement; Eye tracking; Gaze concentration

Indexed keywords

EYE MOVEMENTS; ROAD VEHICLES;

ALLOCATION OF ATTENTIONS; COGNITIVE DEMANDS; COGNITIVE WORKLOADS; DRIVER STATE; DRIVING; RELATIVE SENSITIVITY; STANDARD DEVIATION; STATISTICAL COMPARISONS;

EYE TRACKING;

EID: 84907224403     PISSN: 13698478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trf.2014.08.003     Document Type: Article

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