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Jiali Song; Benjamin Wolfe – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The low prevalence effect (LPE) is a cognitive limitation commonly found in visual search tasks, in which observers miss rare targets. Drivers looking for road hazards are also subject to the LPE. However, not all road hazards are equal; a paper bag floating down the road is much less dangerous than a rampaging moose. Here, we asked whether…
Descriptors: Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles, Incidence, Identification
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Piesie A. G. Asuako; Robert Stojan; Otmar Bock; Melanie Mack; Claudia Voelcker-Rehage – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2025
It is well established that performing multiple tasks simultaneously (dual-tasking) or sequentially (task-switching) degrades performance on one or both tasks. However, it is unknown whether task-switching adds to the effects of dual-tasking in a single setup. We investigated this in a simulated everyday-like car driving scenario. We expected an…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Time Management, Motor Vehicles, Performance
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Reem Jalal Eddine; Claudio Mulatti; Francesco N. Biondi – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The use of partially-automated systems require drivers to supervise the system functioning and resume manual control whenever necessary. Yet literature on vehicle automation show that drivers may spend more time looking away from the road when the partially-automated system is operational. In this study we answer the question of whether this…
Descriptors: Motor Vehicles, Attention Control, Artificial Intelligence, Eye Movements
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Prerika R. Sharma; Emily R. Spearing; Kimberley A. Wade; Laura Jobson – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Accuracy of memory is critical in legal and clinical contexts. These contexts are often linked with high levels of emotional distress and social sources that can provide potentially distorting information about stressful events. This study investigated how distress was associated with susceptibility to misinformation about a trauma analogue event.…
Descriptors: Emotional Response, Stress Variables, Misinformation, Risk
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Monika Lohani; Joel M. Cooper; Amy S. McDonnell; Gus G. Erickson; Trent G. Simmons; Amanda E. Carriero; Kaedyn W. Crabtree; David L. Strayer – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The reliability of cognitive demand measures in controlled laboratory settings is well-documented; however, limited research has directly established their stability under real-life and high-stakes conditions, such as operating automated technology on actual highways. Partially automated vehicles have advanced to become an everyday mode of…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Difficulty Level, Automation, Psychophysiology
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Silvia Guidi; Anna Kosovicheva; Benjamin Wolfe – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Drivers must respond promptly to a wide range of possible road hazards, from trucks veering into their lane to pedestrians stepping onto the road. While drivers' vision is tested at the point of licensure, visual function can degrade, and drivers may not notice how these changes impact their ability to notice and respond to events in the world in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adults, Traffic Safety, Motor Vehicles
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Nicholas J. Wyche; Mark Edwards; Stephanie C. Goodhew – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
The Useful Field of View task (UFOV) is a strong and reliable predictor of crash risk in older drivers. However, while the functional domain of attention is clearly implicated in UFOV performance, the potential role of one specific attentional process remains unclear: attentional breadth (the spatial extent of the attended region around the point…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Older Adults, Attention Control, Risk
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Marina Pi-Ruano; Alexandra Fort; Pilar Tejero; Christophe Jallais; Javier Roca – Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2024
Partially autonomous vehicles can help minimize human errors. However, being free from some driving subtasks can result in a low vigilance state, which can affect the driver's attention towards the road. The present study first tested whether drivers of partially autonomous vehicles would benefit from the addition of auditory versions of the…
Descriptors: Brain Hemisphere Functions, Diagnostic Tests, Task Analysis, Motor Vehicles