Driver performance and individual differences in attention and information processing. Volume I: driver inattention.

Author(s)
Zaidel, D.M. Paarlberg, W.T. & Shinar, D.
Year
Abstract

The study reviews the fields of traffic safety, driver behavior, and psychology with respect to driver inattention. Volume I discusses basic concepts, theories, measurement techniques, and research paradigms in studies of attention and driver performance; presents a multi-dimensional definition of attentional performance in the context of driving behavior; analyzes inattention-related traffic accidents; surveys behavioral and physiological indicators of inattention, and individual differences in attentional performance presents unresolved research issues, and recommends future research aimed at developing driver-oriented inattention countermeasures.

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Library number
B 18505 MF [electronic version only]
Source

Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Transportation DOT, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration NHTSA, 1978, 247 p., ref.; DOT HS 803 793

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