Are you in the loop? Using gaze dispersion to understand driver visual attention during vehicle automation

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 76, Issue , 2017, Pages 35-50

  Louw, Tyron ^a   Merat, Natasha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Automated driving; Driver behaviour; Driving simulator; Eye tracking; Out of the loop performance; Situation awareness

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE SIMULATORS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DISPERSIONS; EYE TRACKING; FOG;

AUTOMATED DRIVING; DRIVER BEHAVIOUR; DRIVING SIMULATOR; LOOP PERFORMANCE; SITUATION AWARENESS;

AUTOMATION;

AUTOMATION; EYE; TRANSPORT VEHICLE; TRAVEL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85008929683     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2017.01.001     Document Type: Article

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