The Spatial Extent of Attention during Driving.

Author(s)
Andersen, G.J. & Ni, R.
Year
Abstract

The present study examined the limits of spatial attention during drivingusing a dual-task performance paradigm. Drivers were asked to follow a lead vehicle that varied in speed while also detecting a light change in an array located above the roadway. Reaction time increased and accuracy decreased as a function of the horizontal location of the light change and thedistance, from the driver, of the light change. In addition, RMS error incar following increased immediately following the light change. These results demonstrate that when drivers attend to a centrally located task, their ability to respond to other events varies as a function of horizontal visual angle and distance in the scene.

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Publication

Library number
C 46843 (In: C 46824 [electronic version only]) /83 / ITRD E848603
Source

In: Driving Assessment 2005 : proceedings of the third international driving symposium on human factors in driver assessment, training and vehicle design, held Rockport, Maine, USA, June 27-30, 2005, 6 p.

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