Effects of primary task predictability and secondary task modality on lane maintenance

ÖZBOZDAĞLI s., MISIRLISOY M., ÖZKAN T., ATALAY N. B.

TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR, cilt.57, ss.97-107, 2018 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 57
  • Basım Tarihi: 2018
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/j.trf.2017.10.005
  • Dergi Adı: TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH PART F-TRAFFIC PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIOUR
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.97-107
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Driving, Lane maintenance, Hierarchical control, Auditory secondary task, Visuo-spatial secondary task, CELL PHONE CONVERSATIONS, COGNITIVE LOAD, ATTENTION, DRIVER, DISTRACTION, METAANALYSIS, PERFORMANCE, SYSTEMS, MEMORY, IMPACT
  • Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

The objective of this work was to investigate the effects of auditory and visuo-spatial secondary tasks on variability in lane position in predictable and unpredictable driving conditions. Sixty-six participants drove a simulated vehicle. Predictability was manipulated by adding wind gusts, and the secondary task load by either an auditory task (Experiment 1) or a visuo-spatial task (Experiment 2). Results demonstrated that in the predictable driving condition, lane position variability decreased when auditory secondary task load was given, but it was not affected by visuo-spatial secondary task load. In the unpredictable driving condition; however, while the auditory secondary task load did not affect lane position variability, visuo-spatial secondary task load increased it. The data suggests that the effects of cognitive load on lane maintenance may depend on the type of the secondary task beside predictability of primary task. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.