Briggs, Gemma F.; Hole, Graham J. and Turner, Jim A.J.
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| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.trf.2017.08.007 |
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Journal Item |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2017 Elsevier |
| ISSN: | 1369-8478 |
| Keywords: | attentional set; schemas; dual tasking; cognitive workload; driving; situation awareness |
| Academic Unit/School: | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) > Psychology Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) |
| Research Group: | Harm and Evidence Research Collaborative (HERC) International Centre for Comparative Criminological Research (ICCCR) |
| Item ID: | 50934 |
| Depositing User: | Gemma Briggs |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Sep 2017 15:26 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2018 08:52 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/50934 |
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