Driving through a road environment : effects on visual perception, state of activation and subjective appraisal. Proefschrift Rijksuniversiteit Groningen RUG, Groningen.

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Jessurun, M.
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Abstract

The goal of this thesis is to contribute to the research on road environments and their impact on the driving performance. Chapter 1 introduces the three cornerstones on which the research has focused: (visual) perception, state of activation and subjective appraisal. The relationships between these cornerstones, as well as the relationships between a cornerstone and driving behaviour, are described briefly. Chapter 2 discusses the first cornerstone of the research in greater detail, being the visual perception. Chapter 3 discusses the second cornerstone of the research, being the state of activation and related topics. Chapter 4 deals with the third cornerstone of the research, subjective appraisal of the road environment. Chapter 5 describes four research instruments: the Road Environment Construct List (RECL), the Eye Mark Recorder (EMR), the instrumented test vehicle and a visual road simulator (the Viascoop). Chapter 6 discusses an experiment in which visual perception, state of activation and subjective appraisal of the road environment were studied during a ride on a part of the A-2 motorway in The Netherlands, along which a visual conspicuous noise barrier is situated. Chapter 7 discusses two experiments in which subjective appraisal of the road environment, state of activation and visual perception (second experiment only) are studied while subjects were looking at slides, showing photographs of two roads that differed quite strongly with regard to their road environment. Chapter 8 discusses an experiment in which subjective appraisal of the road environment, state of activation and driving behaviour are studied on two roads that differed quite strongly with regard to their road environment. Finally, Chapter 9 discusses several research instruments or measures with regard to a number of criteria, being construct validity, reliability, sensitivity, applicability and usefulness. Next, the various relationships between road environments and driving behaviour are discussed in the light of the findings of the four experiments. (A)

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971665 ST
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[Haren, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen RUG, Verkeerskundig Studiecentrum VSC / Faculteit der Psychologische, Pedagogische en Sociologische Wetenschappen PPSW, Vakgroep Omgeving- en Verkeerspsychologie], 1997, 148 p., 132 ref.

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