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Briggs, Gemma F.; Hole, Graham J. and Land, Michael F.
(2016).
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2016.01.007
Abstract
The effects of imagery-induced distraction on hazard perception and eye movements were investigated in 2 simulated driving experiments. Experiment 1: sixty participants viewed and responded to 2 driving films containing hazards. Group 1 completed the task without distraction; group 2 completed a concurrent imagery inducing telephone task; group 3 completed a non imagery inducing telephone task. Experiment 2: eye-tracking data were collected from forty-six participants while they reacted to hazards presented in 16 films of driving scenes. 8 films contained hazards presented in either central or peripheral vision and 8 contained no hazards. Half of the participants performed a concurrent imagery-inducing task. Compared to undistracted participants, dual-taskers were slower to respond to hazards; detected fewer hazards; committed more “looked but failed to see” errors; and demonstrated “visual tunnelling”. Telephone conversations may interfere with driving performance because the two tasks compete for similar processing resources, due to the imagery-evoking aspects of phone use.
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- Item ORO ID
- 45426
- Item Type
- Journal Item
- ISSN
- 1369-8478
- Keywords
- Attention; Dual tasking; Cognitive workload; Driving; Imagery
- Academic Unit or School
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Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling > Psychology
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology and Counselling
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) - Research Group
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Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC)
Forensic Cognition Research Group (FCRG) - Copyright Holders
- © 2016 Elsevier
- Depositing User
- Gemma Briggs