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The impact of attentional set and situation awareness on dual tasking driving performance

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posted on 2023-06-09, 08:27 authored by Gemma F Briggs, Graham Hole, Jim A J Turner
The impact of attentional set and situation awareness on event detection and reaction times was investigated in 2 simulated driving experiments. Experiment 1: thirty participants viewed and reacted to thirty driving films containing unexpected items which were either driving congruent or incongruent. Group 1 completed the task without distraction; group 2 completed a concurrent conversation task. Experiment 2: thirty participants viewed and reacted to twenty driving films which contained unexpected yet driving relevant events. Half of the participants completed the task without distraction and half completed a concurrent conversation task. Measures of event detection and reaction time were recorded for both experiments. Compared to undistracted participants, dual-taskers reacted to fewer unexpected events; recorded longer reaction times; and reacted to fewer incongruent and peripheral events, suggesting an enduring attentional set for driving. Dual tasking drivers may adopt a strategy of over-reliance on schema-driven processing when attention is shared between tasks.

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  • Published

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  • Accepted version

Journal

Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour

ISSN

1369-8478

Publisher

Elsevier

Volume

57

Page range

36-47

Department affiliated with

  • Psychology Publications

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  • Yes

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Legacy Posted Date

2017-10-26

First Open Access (FOA) Date

2018-09-15

First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date

2017-10-25

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