Mind wandering while driving: What does it mean and what do we do about it?

Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Volumn 2015-January, Issue , 2015, Pages 1686-1690

  Lerner, Neil ^a   Baldwin, Carryl ^b   Stephen Higgins, J ^c   Lee, John ^d   Schooler, Jonathan ^e  

^a WESTAT   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION   (United States)

^d University of Wisconsin   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGHWAY ENGINEERING;

DRIVER DISTRACTIONS; HIGHWAY SAFETY; PRAGMATIC ISSUES;

ERGONOMICS;

EID: 84981736681     PISSN: 10711813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1177/1541931215591364     Document Type: Conference Paper

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